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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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Footnotes

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

So that you incline your ear to wisdom,
And apply your heart to understanding;
Yes, if you cry out for discernment,
And lift up your voice for understanding,
(A)If you seek her as silver,
And search for her as for hidden treasures;
(B)Then you will understand the fear of the Lord,
And find the knowledge of God.
(C)For the Lord gives wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding;
He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
(D)He is a shield to those who walk uprightly;

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Trust in Yahweh with all your heart,
    and don’t lean on your own understanding.

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(A)Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
(B)And lean not 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 scoffer seeks wisdom and does not find it,
But (A)knowledge is easy to him who understands.

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

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29 (A)He who is slow to wrath has great understanding,
But he who is [a]impulsive exalts folly.

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  1. Proverbs 14:29 Lit. short of spirit

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 rests in the heart of him who has understanding,
But (A)what is in the heart of fools is made known.

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

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32 He who disdains instruction despises his own soul,
But he who heeds rebuke gets understanding.

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21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent.
    Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.

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21 The wise in heart will be called prudent,
And sweetness of the lips increases learning.

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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 for a wise man
Than a hundred blows on 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 (A)He who has knowledge spares his words,
And a man of understanding is of a calm spirit.

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

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A fool has no delight in understanding,
But in expressing his (A)own heart.

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

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He who gets [a]wisdom loves his own soul;
He who keeps understanding (A)will find good.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:8 Lit. heart

Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water,
    but a man of understanding will draw it out.

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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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