Proverbs 1:4-5

New International Version

⁴for giving prudence to those who are simple,^[a]^(A)
knowledge and discretion^(B) to the young—
⁵let the wise listen and add to their learning,^(C)
and let the discerning get guidance—

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Footnotes

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

Proverbs 1:4-5

King James Version

⁴To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

⁵A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

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Proverbs 1:4-5

New King James Version

⁴To give prudence to the ^(A)simple,
To the young man knowledge and discretion—
⁵^(B)A wise man will hear and increase learning,
And a man of understanding will ^[a]attain wise counsel,