Give[instruction] to a wisemanand he will be stillwiser,Teacha righteousmanand he will increase[his] learning.
A wisemanwill hearand increasein learning,And a man of understandingwill acquirewisecounsel,
Wisemenstoreup knowledge,But with the mouthof the foolish,ruinis at hand.
[Like] an earringof goldand an ornamentof finegoldIs a wisereproverto a listeningear.
"So let us know,let us presson to knowthe LORD.His goingforthis as certainas the dawn;And He will cometo us like the rain,Like the springrainwateringthe earth."
but growin the graceand knowledgeof our Lordand SaviorJesusChrist.To Him [be] the glory,bothnowand to the dayof eternity.Amen.
These thingsI have writtento you who believein the nameof the Sonof God,sothat you may knowthat you haveeternallife.
