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

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That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning;
And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:

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35 (A)The wise will inherit honor,
But fools [a]increase dishonor.

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  1. Proverbs 3:35 Lit raise high

35 The wise shall inherit glory;
But [a]shame shall be the promotion of fools.

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  1. Proverbs 3:35 Or, fools carry away shame

(A)Do not rebuke a scoffer, or he will hate you;
(B)Rebuke a wise person and he will love you.
Give instruction to a wise person and he will become still wiser;
Teach a righteous person and he will (C)increase his insight.

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Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee:
Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser:
Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

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14 Wise people (A)store up knowledge,
But with (B)the mouth of the foolish, ruin is at hand.

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14 Wise men lay up knowledge;
But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.

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29 One who (A)troubles his own house will (B)inherit wind,
And (C)the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.

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29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind;
And the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

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In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for his back,
But (A)the lips of the wise will protect them.

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In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for his pride;
But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

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16 A wise person [a]is cautious and (A)turns away from evil,
But a fool is arrogant and careless.

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  1. Proverbs 14:16 Lit fears

16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil;
But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.

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24 The (A)crown of the wise is their riches,
But the foolishness of fools is simply foolishness.

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24 [a]The crown of the wise is their riches;
But the folly of fools is only folly.

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  1. Proverbs 14:24 Or, Their riches is a crown unto the wise

The (A)tongue of the wise makes knowledge pleasant,
But the (B)mouth of fools spouts foolishness.

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The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright;
But the mouth of fools poureth out folly.

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The lips of the wise spread knowledge,
But the hearts of fools are not so.

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The lips of the wise disperse knowledge;
But the heart of the foolish [a]doeth not so.

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  1. Proverbs 15:7 Or, is not stedfast (or, right)

21 The (A)wise in heart will be called understanding,
And sweetness of [a]speech (B)increases [b]persuasiveness.

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  1. Proverbs 16:21 Lit lips
  2. Proverbs 16:21 Or learning

21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent;
And the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

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23 The (A)heart of the wise instructs his mouth
And adds [a]persuasiveness to his lips.

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  1. Proverbs 16:23 Or learning

23 The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth,
And addeth learning to his lips.

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