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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Other Translations for Proverbs 1:5
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)
That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:
- American Standard Version (1901)
(The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)
- Basic English Bible
He that is wise will hear, and will increase learning; and the intelligent will gain wise counsels:
- Darby Bible
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain to wise counsels:
- Webster's Bible
that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:
- World English Bible
(The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.)
- Youngs Literal Bible
That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, and the man of understanding may attain unto wise counsels;
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Proverbs 1:5
1:5 Will hear - Is willing to learn. Attain to - The art of governing himself or others.