Proverbs 1:5 - King James 2000 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; And a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The wise also will hear and increase in learning, and the person of understanding will acquire skill and attain to sound counsel [so that he may be able to steer his course rightly]–[Prov. 9:9.] American Standard Version (1901) That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels: Common English Bible The wise hear them and grow in wisdom; those with understanding gain guidance. Catholic Public Domain Version By listening, the wise shall become wiser and the intelligent shall possess governments. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A wise man shall hear and shall be wiser: and he that understandeth, shall possess governments. |
And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Are you made the king’s counselor? stop; why should you be killed? Then the prophet stopped, and said, I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this, and have not hearkened unto my counsel.
Therefore hearken unto me, you men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
If now you have understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
Hear my words, O you wise men; and give ear unto me, you that have knowledge.
Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.
Whosoever loves instruction loves knowledge: but he that hates reproof is senseless.
A scoffer seeks wisdom, and finds it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understands.
The heart of the prudent gets knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
Smite a scoffer, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that has understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.
Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happens to them all.
Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.