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Proverbs 1:3-5
1599 Geneva Bible
Proverbs 1:3-5
1599 Geneva Bible
3 To receive [a]instruction to do wisely, by [b]justice and judgment and equity,
4 To give unto the [c]simple sharpness of wit, and to the child knowledge and discretion.
5 And wise man shall hear and increase in learning, and a man of [d]understanding shall attain unto wise counsels,
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- Proverbs 1:3 To learn to submit ourselves to the correction of those that are wise.
- Proverbs 1:3 By living justly and rendering to every man that which appertaineth unto him.
- Proverbs 1:4 To such as have no discretion to rule themselves.
- Proverbs 1:5 As he showeth that these parables containing the effect of religion as touching manners and doctrine, do appertain to the simple people: so doth he declare that the same is also necessary for them that are wise and learned.
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