Proverbs 1:5

English Standard Version Anglicised

⁵Let the wise hear and ^(A)increase in learning,
and the one who understands obtain guidance,

Proverbs 1:5

New International Version

⁵let the wise listen and add to their learning,^(A)
and let the discerning get guidance—

⁷^(A)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and instruction.

⁷The fear of the Lord^(A) is the beginning of knowledge,
but fools^[a] despise wisdom^(B) and instruction.^(C)

Proverbs 1:7 The Hebrew words rendered fool in Proverbs, and often elsewhere in the Old Testament, denote a person who is morally deficient.

English Standard Version Anglicised (ESVUK)

New International Version (NIV)