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that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning;
    that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:

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A wise person will hear and (A)increase in learning,
And a (B)person of understanding will acquire wise counsel,

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15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,
    but he who is wise listens to counsel.

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15 The (A)way of a fool is right in his own eyes,
But a person who listens to advice is wise.

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13 A wise son listens to his father’s instruction,
    but a scoffer doesn’t listen to rebuke.

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Contrast of the Upright and the Wicked

13 A (A)wise son accepts his father’s discipline,
But a (B)scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

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10 Pride only breeds quarrels,
    but wisdom is with people who take advice.

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10 Through overconfidence [a]comes nothing but strife,
But wisdom is with those who receive counsel.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:10 Lit gives

13 Whoever despises instruction will pay for it,
    but he who respects a command will be rewarded.

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13 One who (A)despises the word will do badly,
But one who fears the commandment will be (B)rewarded.

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An evildoer heeds wicked lips.
    A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

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An (A)evildoer listens to wicked lips;
A [a]liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:4 Lit falsehood

10 A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding
    than a hundred lashes into a fool.

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10 A rebuke goes deeper into one who has understanding
Than a hundred blows into a fool.

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18 A man who isolates himself pursues selfishness,
    and defies all sound judgment.
A fool has no delight in understanding,
    but only in revealing his own opinion.

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Contrast of the Upright and the Wicked

18 One who separates himself seeks his own desire;
He [a](A)quarrels against all sound wisdom.
A fool does not delight in understanding,
But (B)in revealing his own [b]mind.

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  1. Proverbs 18:1 Lit breaks out
  2. Proverbs 18:2 Lit heart

13 He who answers before he hears,
    that is folly and shame to him.

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13 One who (A)gives an answer before he hears,
It is foolishness and shame to him.

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Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water,
    but a man of understanding will draw it out.

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A plan in the heart of a person is like deep water,
But a person of understanding draws it out.

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12 Apply your heart to instruction,
    and your ears to the words of knowledge.

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12 Apply your heart to discipline,
And your ears to words of knowledge.

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