Proverbs 1:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

let the wise, too, hear and gain in learning and the discerning acquire skill,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

The wise also will hear and increase in learning, and the person of understanding will acquire skill and attain to sound counsel [so that he may be able to steer his course rightly]–[Prov. 9:9.]

American Standard Version (1901)

That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:

Common English Bible

The wise hear them and grow in wisdom; those with understanding gain guidance.

Catholic Public Domain Version

By listening, the wise shall become wiser and the intelligent shall possess governments.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

A wise man shall hear and shall be wiser: and he that understandeth, shall possess governments.

Proverbs 1:5 Cross References

2 Chronicles 25:16

But as he was speaking, the king said to him, “Have we made you a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be put to death?” So the prophet stopped but said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you because you have done this and have not listened to my advice.”

Job 34:10

“Therefore, hear me, you who have sense; far be it from God that he should do wickedness and from the Almighty that he should do wrong.

Job 34:16

“If you have understanding, hear this; listen to what I say.

Job 34:2

“Hear my words, you wise men, and give ear to me, you who know,

Job 34:34

Those who have sense will say to me, and the wise who hear me will say,

Proverbs 12:1

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but those who hate to be rebuked are stupid.

Proverbs 14:6

A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge is easy for one who understands.

Proverbs 18:15

An intelligent mind acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

Proverbs 19:25

Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove the intelligent, and they will gain knowledge.

Proverbs 21:11

When a scoffer is punished, the simple become wiser; when the wise are instructed, they increase in knowledge.

Proverbs 8:33

Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it.

Proverbs 9:8

Do not rebuke a scoffer, lest he hate you; rebuke the wise, and he will love you.

Proverbs 9:9

Give instruction to the wise, and they will become wiser still; teach the righteous, and they will gain in learning.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to the skillful, but time and chance happen to them all.

1 Corinthians 10:15

I speak as to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say.

Deuteronomy 4:6

You must observe them and perform them, for this will show your wisdom and discernment to the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and discerning people!’