Proverbs 1:1-7

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

² For learning about wisdom and instruction,
    for understanding words of insight,
³ for gaining instruction in wise dealing,
    righteousness, justice, and equity;^(B)
4 to teach shrewdness to the simple,
    knowledge and prudence to the young—^(C)
5 let the wise, too, hear and gain in learning
    and the discerning acquire skill,^(D)
6 to understand a proverb and a figure,
    the words of the wise and their riddles.