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They make the uneducated wise
    and give knowledge and sense to the young.
Wise people can also listen and learn;
    even they can find good advice in these words.
Then anyone can understand wise words and stories,
    the words of the wise and their riddles.

Knowledge begins with respect for the Lord,
    but fools hate wisdom and discipline.

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for giving prudence to those who are simple,[a](A)
    knowledge and discretion(B) to the young—
let the wise listen and add to their learning,(C)
    and let the discerning get guidance—
for understanding proverbs and parables,(D)
    the sayings and riddles(E) of the wise.[b](F)

The fear of the Lord(G) is the beginning of knowledge,
    but fools[c] despise wisdom(H) and instruction.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:4 The Hebrew word rendered simple in Proverbs denotes a person who is gullible, without moral direction and inclined to evil.
  2. Proverbs 1:6 Or understanding a proverb, namely, a parable, / and the sayings of the wise, their riddles
  3. Proverbs 1:7 The Hebrew words rendered fool in Proverbs, and often elsewhere in the Old Testament, denote a person who is morally deficient.

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

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

To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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Cry out for wisdom,
    and beg for understanding.
Search for it like silver,
    and hunt for it like hidden treasure.
Then you will understand respect for the Lord,
    and you will find that you know God.
Only the Lord gives wisdom;
    he gives knowledge and understanding.

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indeed, if you call out for insight(A)
    and cry aloud for understanding,
and if you look for it as for silver
    and search for it as for hidden treasure,(B)
then you will understand the fear of the Lord
    and find the knowledge of God.(C)
For the Lord gives wisdom;(D)
    from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.(E)

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Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.

For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

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10 Wisdom will come into your mind,
    and knowledge will be pleasing to you.
11 Good sense will protect you;
    understanding will guard you.
12 It will keep you from the wicked,
    from those whose words are bad,

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10 For wisdom will enter your heart,(A)
    and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11 Discretion will protect you,
    and understanding will guard you.(B)

12 Wisdom will save(C) you from the ways of wicked men,
    from men whose words are perverse,

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10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

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People with good sense know what I say is true;
    and those with knowledge know my words are right.
10 Choose my teachings instead of silver,
    and knowledge rather than the finest gold.
11 Wisdom is more precious than rubies.
    Nothing you could want is equal to it.

12 “I am wisdom, and I have good judgment.
    I also have knowledge and good sense.

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To the discerning all of them are right;
    they are upright to those who have found knowledge.
10 Choose my instruction instead of silver,
    knowledge rather than choice gold,(A)
11 for wisdom is more precious(B) than rubies,
    and nothing you desire can compare with her.(C)

12 “I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence;
    I possess knowledge and discretion.(D)

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They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.

10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.

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10 “Wisdom begins with respect for the Lord,
    and understanding begins with knowing the Holy One.

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10 The fear of the Lord(A) is the beginning of wisdom,
    and knowledge of the Holy One(B) is understanding.(C)

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10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

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14 The wise don’t tell everything they know,
    but the foolish talk too much and are ruined.

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14 The wise store up knowledge,(A)
    but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.(B)

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14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

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With words an evil person can destroy a neighbor,
    but a good person will escape by being resourceful.

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With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors,
    but through knowledge the righteous escape.(A)

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An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

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23 Wise people keep what they know to themselves,
    but fools can’t keep from showing how foolish they are.

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23 The prudent keep their knowledge to themselves,(A)
    but a fool’s heart blurts out folly.(B)

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23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

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Those who make fun of wisdom look for it and do not find it,
    but knowledge comes easily to those with understanding.

Stay away from fools,
    because they can’t teach you anything.

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The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,
    but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.(A)

Stay away from a fool,
    for you will not find knowledge on their lips.

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A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

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