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

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Let the wise listen to these proverbs and become even wiser.
    Let those with understanding receive 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

14 For lack of guidance a nation falls,(A)
    but victory is won through many advisers.(B)

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14 Without wise leadership, a nation falls;
    there is safety in having many advisers.

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14 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

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14 (A)Where there is no counsel, the people fall;
But in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

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14 For lack of guidance a nation falls,(A)
    but victory is won through many advisers.(B)

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14 Without wise leadership, a nation falls;
    there is safety in having many advisers.

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14 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

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14 (A)Where there is no counsel, the people fall;
But in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

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22 Plans fail for lack of counsel,(A)
    but with many advisers(B) they succeed.(C)

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22 Plans go wrong for lack of advice;
    many advisers bring success.

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22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

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22 (A)Without counsel, plans go awry,
But in the multitude of counselors they are established.

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20 Listen to advice and accept discipline,(A)
    and at the end you will be counted among the wise.(B)

21 Many are the plans in a person’s heart,
    but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.(C)

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20 Get all the advice and instruction you can,
    so you will be wise the rest of your life.

21 You can make many plans,
    but the Lord’s purpose will prevail.

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20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

21 There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.

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20 Listen to counsel and receive instruction,
That you may be wise (A)in your latter days.

21 There are many plans in a man’s heart,
(B)Nevertheless the Lord’s counsel—that will stand.

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18 Plans are established by seeking advice;
    so if you wage war, obtain guidance.(A)

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18 Plans succeed through good counsel;
    don’t go to war without wise advice.

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18 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.

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18 (A)Plans are established by counsel;
(B)By wise counsel wage war.

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remove wicked officials from the king’s presence,(A)
    and his throne will be established(B) through righteousness.(C)

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Remove the wicked from the king’s court,
    and his reign will be made secure by justice.

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Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

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Take away the wicked from before the king,
And his throne will be established in (A)righteousness.

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