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

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A wise person will hear and (A)increase in learning,
And a (B)person of understanding will acquire wise counsel,

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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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13 Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning,(A)
    but a rod is for the back of one who has no sense.(B)

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13 On (A)the lips of the discerning, wisdom is found,
But (B)a rod is for the back of him who has no [a]sense.

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  1. Proverbs 10:13 Lit heart

13 In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

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33 Wisdom reposes in the heart of the discerning(A)
    and even among fools she lets herself be known.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 14:33 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac discerning / but in the heart of fools she is not known

33 Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding,
But among fools it is made known.

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33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

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14 The discerning heart seeks knowledge,(A)
    but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.

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14 The (A)mind of the intelligent seeks knowledge,
But the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.

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14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

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24 The path of life leads upward for the prudent
    to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead.

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24 The (A)path of life leads upward for the wise,
So that he may keep away from [a]Sheol below.

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  1. Proverbs 15:24 I.e., the netherworld

24 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

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21 The wise in heart are called discerning,
    and gracious words promote instruction.[a](A)

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  1. Proverbs 16:21 Or words make a person persuasive

21 The (A)wise in heart will be called understanding,
And sweetness of [a]speech (B)increases [b]persuasiveness.

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  1. Proverbs 16:21 Lit lips
  2. Proverbs 16:21 Or learning

21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

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15 The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge,(A)
    for the ears of the wise seek it out.

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15 The [a](A)mind of the discerning acquires knowledge,
And the (B)ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

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  1. Proverbs 18:15 Lit heart

15 The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

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25 Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence;
    rebuke the discerning,(A) and they will gain knowledge.(B)

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25 (A)Strike a scoffer and the naive may become clever,
But (B)rebuke one who has understanding, and he will [a]gain knowledge.

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  1. Proverbs 19:25 Lit discern

25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

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When a country is rebellious, it has many rulers,
    but a ruler with discernment and knowledge maintains order.

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Due to a [a]wrongdoing of [b]a land its leaders are (A)many,
But (B)by a person of understanding and knowledge, so it endures.

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  1. Proverbs 28:2 Or rebellion
  2. Proverbs 28:2 I.e., the people of a land

For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.

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