Proverbs 9:9 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ 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)

⁹ 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

⁹ Teach the wise, and they will become wiser; inform the righteous, and their learning will increase.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ 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

⁹ 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.

English Standard Version 2016

⁹ Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

Proverbs 9:9 Cross References

Proverbs 1:5

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

Proverbs 10:14

Wise men lay up knowledge: But the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

Proverbs 25:12

As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, So is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

Hosea 6:3

Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

2 Peter 3:18

But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

1 John 5:13

These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.