Give {\i instruction} to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser:\par\tab Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning;\par\tab And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:
These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, {\i even} unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God.
{\i As} an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold,\par\tab {\i So is} a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.\par
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him {\i be} the glory both now and for ever.\par
Wise men lay up knowledge;\par\tab But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.