Proverbs 1:5
3 and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity.
4 To impart prudence to the simple and knowledge and discretion to the young,
let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
6 by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.
7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
- KJV
- A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
- WEB
- that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel;
- ASV
- That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:
- DARBY
- He that is wise will hear, and will increase learning; and the intelligent will gain wise counsels:
- BLB
- Let the wise hear and add to instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel,
- ÅB
- Den vise skal høre på dem og gå fram i lærdom, og den forstandige vinne evne til å leve rett.
- OTB
- La de vise høre og øke sin læring, og la de som har forståelse få veiledning,
- B1930
- Den vise skal høre på dem og gå frem i lærdom, og den forstandige vinne evne til å leve rett.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 12:1
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
Read in contextProverbs 9:9
Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
Read in context1 Corinthians 10:15
I speak to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say.
Read in contextJob 34:10
Therefore listen to me, O men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wrong, and from the Almighty to act unjustly.
Read in contextJob 34:16
If you have understanding, hear this; listen to my words.
Read in contextPsalms 119:98–100
Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.
Read in contextJob 34:34
Men of understanding will declare to me, and the wise men who hear me will say:
Read in context2 Chronicles 25:16
While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not heeded my advice.”
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