Proverbs 18:15
New Living Translation
15 Intelligent people are always ready to learn.
Their ears are open for knowledge.
Proverbs 18:15
Legacy Standard Bible
Proverbs 19:2
New Living Translation
2 Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good;
haste makes mistakes.
Proverbs 19:2
Legacy Standard Bible
2 Also it is not good for a person to be without knowledge,
And he who hurries [a](A)his footsteps sins.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:2 Lit with his feet
Proverbs 19:27
New Living Translation
27 If you stop listening to instruction, my child,
you will turn your back on knowledge.
Proverbs 19:27
Legacy Standard Bible
27 Cease listening, my son, to discipline,
And you will stray from the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 22:12
New Living Translation
12 The Lord preserves those with knowledge,
but he ruins the plans of the treacherous.
Proverbs 22:12
Legacy Standard Bible
12 The eyes of Yahweh guard knowledge,
But He subverts the words of the treacherous one.
Proverbs 23:12
New Living Translation
12 Commit yourself to instruction;
listen carefully to words of knowledge.
Proverbs 23:12
Legacy Standard Bible
12 Bring your heart to discipline
And your ears to [a]words of knowledge.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:12 Lit sayings
Proverbs 24:3-5
New Living Translation
3 A house is built by wisdom
and becomes strong through good sense.
4 Through knowledge its rooms are filled
with all sorts of precious riches and valuables.
5 The wise are mightier than the strong,[a]
and those with knowledge grow stronger and stronger.
Footnotes
- 24:5 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads A wise man is strength.
Proverbs 24:3-5
Legacy Standard Bible
3 (A)By wisdom a house is built,
And by discernment it is firmly established;
4 And by knowledge the rooms are (B)filled
With all precious and pleasant riches.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 24:5 Lit in strength
Proverbs 28:2
New Living Translation
2 When there is moral rot within a nation, its government topples easily.
But wise and knowledgeable leaders bring stability.
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.
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