Proverbs 1:4-7
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:4 The Hebrew word rendered simple in Proverbs denotes a person who is gullible, without moral direction and inclined to evil.
- Proverbs 1:6 Or understanding a proverb, namely, a parable, / and the sayings of the wise, their riddles
- Proverbs 1:7 The Hebrew words rendered fool in Proverbs, and often elsewhere in the Old Testament, denote a person who is morally deficient.
Proverbs 2:3-6
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3 indeed, if you call out for insight(A)
and cry aloud for understanding,
4 and if you look for it as for silver
and search for it as for hidden treasure,(B)
5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.(C)
6 For the Lord gives wisdom;(D)
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.(E)
Proverbs 2:10-12
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10 For wisdom will enter your heart,(A)
and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11 Discretion will protect you,
and understanding will guard you.(B)
12 Wisdom will save(C) you from the ways of wicked men,
from men whose words are perverse,
Proverbs 8:9-12
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9 To the discerning all of them are right;
they are upright to those who have found knowledge.
10 Choose my instruction instead of silver,
knowledge rather than choice gold,(A)
11 for wisdom is more precious(B) than rubies,
and nothing you desire can compare with her.(C)
12 “I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence;
I possess knowledge and discretion.(D)
Proverbs 9:10
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Proverbs 10:14
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Proverbs 11:9
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9 With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors,
but through knowledge the righteous escape.(A)
Proverbs 12:23
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Proverbs 14:6-7
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6 The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,
but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.(A)
7 Stay away from a fool,
for you will not find knowledge on their lips.
Proverbs 14:18
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18 The simple inherit folly,
but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
Proverbs 15:2
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Proverbs 15:14
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14 The discerning heart seeks knowledge,(A)
but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.
Proverbs 18:15
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15 The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge,(A)
for the ears of the wise seek it out.
Proverbs 19:2
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2 Desire without knowledge is not good—
how much more will hasty feet miss the way!(A)
Proverbs 19:27
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27 Stop listening to instruction, my son,(A)
and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 22:12
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12 The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge,
but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
Proverbs 23:12
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Saying 12
12 Apply your heart to instruction(A)
and your ears to words of knowledge.
Proverbs 24:3-5
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Saying 21
3 By wisdom a house is built,(A)
and through understanding it is established;
4 through knowledge its rooms are filled
with rare and beautiful treasures.(B)
Saying 22
5 The wise prevail through great power,
and those who have knowledge muster their strength.
Proverbs 28:2
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2 When a country is rebellious, it has many rulers,
but a ruler with discernment and knowledge maintains order.
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