Proverbs 1:5
“A wise man wil heare, and wil increase learning: and a man of vnderstanding shall attaine vnto wise counsels:”
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Proverbs 1:5 Context
3To receiue the instruction of wisdome, iustice, and iudgement & equitie, 4To giue subtiltie to the simple, to the yong man knowledge and discretion. 5A wise man wil heare, and wil increase learning: and a man of vnderstanding shall attaine vnto wise counsels: 6To vnderstand a prouerbe, and the interpretation; the wordes of the wise, and their darke sayings. 7¶ The feare of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fooles despise wisedome and instruction.
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A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
- King James Version
A wise man will hear and increase in learning, And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel,
- New American Standard Version (1995)