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Proverbs 1:2-4
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2 So that you would recognize wisdom and value discipline;
    that you would understand insightful teaching
3 And receive wise guidance to live a disciplined life;
    that you would seek justice and have the ability to choose what is right and fair.
4 These proverbs teach the naive how to become clever;
    they instruct the young in how to grow in knowledge and live with discretion.

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Proverbs 1:2-4
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2 for gaining wisdom and instruction;
    for understanding words of insight;
3 for receiving instruction in prudent behavior,
    doing what is right and just and fair;
4 for giving prudence to those who are simple,[a](A)
    knowledge and discretion(B) to the young—

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