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

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

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(A)A wise man will hear and increase learning,
And a man of understanding will [a]attain wise counsel,

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:5 acquire

I give you sound learning,
    so do not forsake my teaching.

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For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

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For I give you good doctrine:
Do not forsake my law.

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

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Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

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Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser;
Teach a just man, (A)and he will increase in learning.

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young men without any physical defect, handsome,(A) showing aptitude for every kind of learning,(B) well informed, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king’s palace. He was to teach them the language(C) and literature of the Babylonians.[a]

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  1. Daniel 1:4 Or Chaldeans

Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.

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young men (A)in whom there was no blemish, but good-looking, gifted in all wisdom, possessing knowledge and quick to understand, who had ability to serve in the king’s palace, and (B)whom they might teach the language and [a]literature of the Chaldeans.

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  1. Daniel 1:4 Lit. writing or book

Closing Appeal for Steadfastness and Unity

Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you whom I love and long for,(A) my joy and crown, stand firm(B) in the Lord in this way, dear friends!

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Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.

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Be Anxious for Nothing; Think These Thoughts

Therefore, my beloved and (A)longed-for brethren, (B)my joy and crown, so (C)stand fast in the Lord, beloved.

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