Proverbs 1:5
Legacy Standard Bible
5 Let the wise man hear and (A)increase in learning,
And a (B)man of understanding will acquire guidance,
Proverbs 1:5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
5 let the wise, too, hear and gain in learning
and the discerning acquire skill,(A)
Proverbs 1:5
New International Version
5 let the wise listen and add to their learning,(A)
and let the discerning get guidance—
Proverbs 10:13
Legacy Standard Bible
13 On (A)the lips of the one who has understanding, wisdom is found,
But (B)a rod is for the back of him who lacks a heart of wisdom.
Proverbs 10:13
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
13 On the lips of one who has understanding wisdom is found,
but a rod is for the back of one who lacks sense.(A)
Proverbs 10:13
New International Version
Proverbs 14:33
Legacy Standard Bible
33 Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding,
But in the midst of fools it is merely made known.
Proverbs 14:33
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
33 Wisdom is at home in the mind of one who has understanding,
but it is not[a] known in the heart of fools.(A)
Footnotes
- 14.33 Gk Syr: Heb lacks not
Proverbs 14:33
New International Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 14:33 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac discerning / but in the heart of fools she is not known
Proverbs 15:14
Legacy Standard Bible
14 The (A)heart of the one who has understanding seeks knowledge,
But the mouth of fools feeds on folly.
Proverbs 15:14
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
14 The mind of one who has understanding seeks knowledge,
but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
Proverbs 15:14
New International Version
14 The discerning heart seeks knowledge,(A)
but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.
Proverbs 15:24
Legacy Standard Bible
24 The (A)path of life leads upward for the one who has insight
That he may turn away from Sheol below.
Proverbs 15:24
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
24 For the wise the path of life leads upward,
in order to avoid Sheol below.(A)
Proverbs 15:24
New International Version
24 The path of life leads upward for the prudent
to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead.
Proverbs 16:21
Legacy Standard Bible
21 The (A)wise in heart will be called understanding,
And sweetness of [a]lips (B)increases learning.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:21 Or speech
Proverbs 16:21
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
21 The wise of heart is called perceptive,
and pleasant speech increases persuasiveness.
Proverbs 16:21
New International Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:21 Or words make a person persuasive
Proverbs 18:15
Legacy Standard Bible
Proverbs 18:15
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
15 An intelligent mind acquires knowledge,
and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
Proverbs 18:15
New International Version
15 The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge,(A)
for the ears of the wise seek it out.
Proverbs 19:25
Legacy Standard Bible
25 (A)Strike a scoffer and the simple may become prudent,
But (B)reprove one who has understanding and he will understand knowledge.
Proverbs 19:25
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
25 Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;
reprove the intelligent, and they will gain knowledge.(A)
Proverbs 19:25
New International Version
Proverbs 28:2
Legacy Standard Bible
2 By the transgression of a land (A)many are its princes,
But (B)by a man who understands, who knows, so it endures.
Proverbs 28:2
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Footnotes
- 28.2 Heb intelligent knowledgeable
Proverbs 28:2
New International Version
2 When a country is rebellious, it has many rulers,
but a ruler with discernment and knowledge maintains order.
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