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Proverbs 1:3

To be trained in the ways of wisdom, in righteousness and judging truly and straight behaviour:

Proverbs 1:3 · Bible in Basic English

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Proverbs 1:3 in other translations

KJV King James Version

To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;

BSB Berean Standard Bible

and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity.

WEB World English Bible

to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity;

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1 The wise sayings of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.

2 To have knowledge of wise teaching; to be clear about the words of reason:

3 To be trained in the ways of wisdom, in righteousness and judging truly and straight behaviour:

4 To make the simple-minded sharp, and to give the young man knowledge, and serious purpose:

5 (The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)

6 To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings.

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