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Proverbs 1:5

A wise man, will hear, and will increase learning, and a, discreet man, wise counsels, will acquire,

Proverbs 1:5 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible

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Proverbs 1:5 in other translations

KJV King James Version

A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

BSB Berean Standard Bible

let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel

WEB World English Bible

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 For the knowledge of wisdom and correction, for discerning the sayings of intelligence;

3 For receiving the correction of prudence, righteousness and justice, and equity;

4 For giving To the simple shrewdness, To the young man, knowledge and discretion.

5 A wise man, will hear, and will increase learning, and a, discreet man, wise counsels, will acquire,

6 By gaining discernment of proverb, and satire, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

7 The reverence of Yahweh, is the beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and correction, the foolish have despised.

8 Hear, my son, the correction of thy father, and do not reject the instruction of thy mother;

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