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使智慧人聽了,可以增長學問,

使聰明人聽了,可以獲得智謀;

使人明白箴言和譬喻,

懂得智慧人的言詞和他們的隱語。

不受惡人的引誘

敬畏耶和華是知識的開端,

但愚妄人藐視智慧和教訓。

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let the wise listen and add to their learning,(A)
    and let the discerning get guidance—
for understanding proverbs and parables,(B)
    the sayings and riddles(C) of the wise.[a](D)

The fear of the Lord(E) is the beginning of knowledge,
    but fools[b] despise wisdom(F) and instruction.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:6 Or understanding a proverb, namely, a parable, / and the sayings of the wise, their riddles
  2. Proverbs 1:7 The Hebrew words rendered fool in Proverbs, and often elsewhere in the Old Testament, denote a person who is morally deficient.