Give instruction[a] to a wise man, and he will be (A)still wiser;
    teach a righteous man, and he will (B)increase in learning.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 9:9 Hebrew lacks instruction

Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still;
    teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.(A)

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Let the wise hear and (A)increase in learning,
    and the one who understands obtain guidance,

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let the wise listen and add to their learning,(A)
    and let the discerning get guidance—

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That You May Know

13 I write (A)these things to you who (B)believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.

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Concluding Affirmations

13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God(A) so that you may know that you have eternal life.(B)

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11 And he answered them, (A)“To you it has been given to know (B)the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. 12 (C)For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, (D)even what he has will be taken away.

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11 He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven(A) has been given to you,(B) but not to them. 12 Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.(C)

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20 But you have been (A)anointed by (B)the Holy One, and (C)you all have knowledge.[a] 21 I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

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  1. 1 John 2:20 Some manuscripts you know everything

20 But you have an anointing(A) from the Holy One,(B) and all of you know the truth.[a](C) 21 I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it(D) and because no lie comes from the truth.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 2:20 Some manuscripts and you know all things

(A)Let us know; (B)let us press on to know the Lord;
    (C)his going out is sure as the dawn;
he will come to us (D)as the showers,
    (E)as the spring rains that water the earth.”

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Let us acknowledge the Lord;
    let us press on to acknowledge him.
As surely as the sun rises,
    he will appear;
he will come to us like the winter rains,(A)
    like the spring rains that water the earth.(B)

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12 Like (A)a gold ring or an ornament of gold
    is a wise reprover to (B)a listening ear.

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12 Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold
    is the rebuke of a wise judge to a listening ear.(A)

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18 But (A)grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. (B)To him be the glory both now and to the day of (C)eternity. Amen.

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18 But grow in the grace(A) and knowledge(B) of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.(C) To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.(D)

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