Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but one who hates correction is stupid.
Proverbs 30:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised I am more stupid than any other person, and I lack a human’s ability to understand. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Surely I am more brutish than any man, And have not the understanding of a man. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Surely I am too brutish and stupid to be called a man, and I have not the understanding of a man [for all my secular learning is as nothing]. American Standard Version (1901) Surely I am more brutish than any man, And have not the understanding of a man; Common English Bible Actually, I’m too stupid to be human, a man without understanding. Catholic Public Domain Version "I am the most foolish among men, and the wisdom of men is not with me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I am the most foolish of men, and the wisdom of men is not with me. |
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but one who hates correction is stupid.
The words of Agur son of Jakeh. The pronouncement. , The man’s oration to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:
and you will say, ‘How I hated discipline, and how my heart despised correction.
Then I said: Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips and live among a people of unclean lips, and because my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Armies.
Everyone is stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his carved image, for his cast images are a lie; there is no breath in them.
I don’t want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you will not be conceited: A partial hardening has come upon Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become a fool so that he can become wise.
If anyone thinks he knows anything, he does not yet know it as he ought to know it.
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God #– #who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly #– #and it will be given to him.