That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:
Proverbs 9:9 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Give instruction to a wise man and he will be yet wiser; teach a righteous man (one upright and in right standing with God) and he will increase in learning. American Standard Version (1901) Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning. Common English Bible Teach the wise, and they will become wiser; inform the righteous, and their learning will increase. Catholic Public Domain Version Present an opportunity to the wise, and wisdom shall be added to him. Teach the just, and he will hurry to receive it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Give an occasion to a wise man, and wisdom shall be added to him. Teach a just man, and he shall make haste to receive it. |
That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:
Wise men lay up knowledge: But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, So is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
And let us know, let us follow on to know the LORD; his going forth is sure as the morning: and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and for ever. Amen.
These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, even unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God.