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Read Full Chapter (Proverbs 1) Proverbs 1:5-7 KJV
"A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction."
Proverbs 1:5-7 in Context (Verses 2–10 KJV)
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To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
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To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;*
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To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.*
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A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
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To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.*
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¶ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.*
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My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
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For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.*
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¶ My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.