Proverbs 1:1-7

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

² For learning about wisdom and instruction,
    for understanding words of insight,
³ for gaining instruction in wise dealing,
    righteousness, justice, and equity;
⁴ to teach shrewdness to the simple,
    knowledge and prudence to the young—
⁵ let the wise also hear and gain in learning,
    and the discerning acquire skill,
⁶ to understand a proverb and a figure,
    the words of the wise and their riddles.