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15 Intelligent people are always ready to learn.
    Their ears are open for knowledge.

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15 The (A)heart of the understanding acquires knowledge,
And the (B)ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

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Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good;
    haste makes mistakes.

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Also it is not good for a person to be without knowledge,
And he who hurries [a](A)his footsteps sins.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:2 Lit with his feet

27 If you stop listening to instruction, my child,
    you will turn your back on knowledge.

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27 Cease listening, my son, to discipline,
And you will stray from the words of knowledge.

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12 The Lord preserves those with knowledge,
    but he ruins the plans of the treacherous.

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12 The eyes of Yahweh guard knowledge,
But He subverts the words of the treacherous one.

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12 Commit yourself to instruction;
    listen carefully to words of knowledge.

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12 Bring your heart to discipline
And your ears to [a]words of knowledge.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:12 Lit sayings

A house is built by wisdom
    and becomes strong through good sense.
Through knowledge its rooms are filled
    with all sorts of precious riches and valuables.

The wise are mightier than the strong,[a]
    and those with knowledge grow stronger and stronger.

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Footnotes

  1. 24:5 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads A wise man is strength.

(A)By wisdom a house is built,
And by discernment it is firmly established;
And by knowledge the rooms are (B)filled
With all precious and pleasant riches.

A (C)wise man is [a]strong,
And a man of knowledge strengthens his power.

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  1. Proverbs 24:5 Lit in strength

When there is moral rot within a nation, its government topples easily.
    But wise and knowledgeable leaders bring stability.

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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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