Proverbs 1:5

Let wise people listen and increase their learning, 1 and let discerning people get guidance, 1

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

4These proverbs are also to give wisdom to the naive, 1 and to give knowledge and discretion to young people. 1

6to understand proverbs, sayings, 1 and words of wise people and their riddles. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 25:32David said to Abigail, “May Yahweh, the God of Israel, be blessed, he who sent you to meet me today.

Job 34:2“Listen to my words, you wise men; 1 hear me, you who have knowledge. 1

Job 34:16If now you have understanding, listen to this; 1 listen to the sound of my words. 1

Psalms 119:98Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, 1 for your commandments are always with me. 1

Proverbs 9:8Do not reprove a mocker, or he will hate you; 1 reprove a wise man, and he will love you. 1

Proverbs 12:1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, 1 but the one who hates correction is stupid. 1

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 1:2-7

Proverbs We have now before us, I. A new author, or penman rather, or pen (if you will) made use of by the Holy Ghost for making known the mind of God to us, writing as moved by the finger of God (so the Spirit of God is called), and that is Solomon; through his hand came this book of Scripture and the two that follow it, Ecclesiastes and Canticles, a sermon and a song. Some think he wrote Canticles when he was very young, Proverbs in the midst of his days, and Ecclesiastes when he was old. In the title of his… Read the whole commentary →

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