turning your ear to wisdom
    and applying your heart to understanding(A)
indeed, if you call out for insight(B)
    and cry aloud for understanding,
and if you look for it as for silver
    and search for it as for hidden treasure,(C)
then you will understand the fear of the Lord
    and find the knowledge of God.(D)
For the Lord gives wisdom;(E)
    from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.(F)
He holds success in store for the upright,
    he is a shield(G) to those whose walk is blameless,(H)

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making your ear attentive to wisdom,
    and turning your heart to understanding—
if, indeed, you call out for insight
    and raise your voice for understanding,
if you seek it like silver
    and search for it like hidden treasure,
then you will understand the fear of the Lord
    and learn to know God.

For the Lord gives wisdom,
    and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
He stores up sound wisdom for the upright
    and is a shield to those who walk in integrity—

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Trust in the Lord(A) with all your heart
    and lean not on your own understanding;

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Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
    and do not depend on your own understanding.

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The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,
    but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.(A)

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A mocker seeks wisdom and finds[a] none,
    but learning comes easily to someone who understands.

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Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 14:6 The Heb. lacks finds

29 Whoever is patient has great understanding,(A)
    but one who is quick-tempered displays folly.(B)

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29 Being slow to get angry compares to great understanding
    as being quick-tempered compares to stupidity.

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33 Wisdom reposes in the heart of the discerning(A)
    and even among fools she lets herself be known.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 14:33 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac discerning / but in the heart of fools she is not known

33 Wisdom is at rest in the mind of the discerning—
    even fools know this.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 14:33 So MT; LXX reads but in the heart of fools it is not discerned

32 Those who disregard discipline despise themselves,(A)
    but the one who heeds correction gains understanding.(B)

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32 Whoever ignores instruction hates himself,
    but anyone who heeds reproof gains understanding.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 15:32 Lit. heart

21 The wise in heart are called discerning,
    and gracious words promote instruction.[a](A)

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  1. Proverbs 16:21 Or words make a person persuasive

21 The wise-hearted person is told to be discerning,
    and that pleasant speech promotes instruction.

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10 A rebuke impresses a discerning person
    more than a hundred lashes a fool.

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10 A rebuke is more effective with a man of understanding
    than a hundred lashes to a fool.

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27 The one who has knowledge uses words with restraint,(A)
    and whoever has understanding is even-tempered.(B)

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27 Whoever controls what he says is knowledgeable;
    anyone who has a calm spirit is a man of understanding.

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Fools find no pleasure in understanding
    but delight in airing their own opinions.(A)

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A fool finds no satisfaction in trying to understand,
    for he would rather express his own opinion.

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The one who gets wisdom loves life;
    the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper.(A)

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Whoever obtains wisdom loves himself,
    and whoever treasures understanding will prosper.

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The purposes of a person’s heart are deep waters,(A)
    but one who has insight draws them out.

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The intentions of a person’s heart are deep waters,
    but a discerning person reveals them.

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