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to teach shrewdness to the simple,
    knowledge and prudence to the young—
let the wise also hear and gain in learning,
    and the discerning acquire skill,
to understand a proverb and a figure,
    the words of the wise and their riddles.

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To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

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To give prudence to the (A)simple,
To the young man knowledge and discretion—
(B)A wise man will hear and increase learning,
And a man of understanding will [a]attain wise counsel,
To understand a proverb and an enigma,
The words of the wise and their (C)riddles.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:5 acquire