for teaching shrewdness to the inexperienced,[a](A)
knowledge and discretion(B) to a young man—
a wise man will listen and increase his learning,(C)
and a discerning man will obtain guidance—
for understanding a proverb or a parable,[b]
the words of the wise, and their riddles.(D)

The fear of the Lord
is the beginning of knowledge;(E)
fools despise wisdom and discipline.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:4 Or simple, or gullible
  2. Proverbs 1:6 Or an enigma

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