for giving prudence to those who are simple,[a](A)
    knowledge and discretion(B) to the young—
let the wise listen and add to their learning,(C)
    and let the discerning get guidance—

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:4 The Hebrew word rendered simple in Proverbs denotes a person who is gullible, without moral direction and inclined to evil.

To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

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

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