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so as to turn your ear to wisdom,
    and apply your heart to understanding;
yes, if you call out for discernment,
    and lift up your voice for understanding;
if you seek her as silver,
    and search for her as for hidden treasures:
then you will understand the fear of Yahweh,
    and find the knowledge of God.[a]
For Yahweh gives wisdom.
    Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
He lays up sound wisdom for the upright.
    He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,

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  1. 2:5 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).

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 Yahweh with all your heart,
    and don’t lean 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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A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it,
    but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.

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

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  1. Proverbs 14:6 The Heb. lacks finds

29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding,
    but he who has a quick temper displays folly.

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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 rests in the heart of one who has understanding,
    and is even made known in the inward part of fools.

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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 He who refuses correction despises his own soul,
    but he who listens to reproof gets understanding.

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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 shall be called prudent.
    Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.

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

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10 A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding
    than a hundred lashes into 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 He who spares his words has knowledge.
    He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.

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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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A fool has no delight in understanding,
    but only in revealing his own opinion.

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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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He who gets wisdom loves his own soul.
    He who keeps understanding shall find good.

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

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

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