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Proverbs 1:5
A wise man shall heare and increase in learning, and a man of vnderstanding shall attayne vnto wise counsels,
Proverbs 1:5 · Geneva Bible
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Proverbs 1:5 in other translations
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel;
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In context
2 To knowe wisdome, and instruction, to vnderstand ye wordes of knowledge,
3 To receiue instruction to do wisely, by iustice and iudgement and equitie,
4 To giue vnto the simple, sharpenesse of wit, and to the childe knowledge and discretion.
5 A wise man shall heare and increase in learning, and a man of vnderstanding shall attayne vnto wise counsels,
6 To vnderstand a parable, and the interpretation, the wordes of ye wise, and their darke sayings.
7 The feare of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fooles despise wisedome and instruction.
8 My sonne, heare thy fathers instruction, and forsake not thy mothers teaching.
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