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To know wisdom and instruction, To discern the sayings of understanding,
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To give prudence to the naive, To the youth knowledge and discretion,
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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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“How long, you naive ones, will you love simplistic thinking? And how long will scoffers delight themselves in scoffing And fools hate knowledge?
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Turn to my rebuke, Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.
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Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the Lord.
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Then you will understand the fear of the Lord, And discover the knowledge of God.
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For the Lord gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
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For wisdom will enter your heart, And knowledge will be delightful to your soul;
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By His knowledge the ocean depths were burst open, And the clouds drip with dew.
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The way of the wicked is like darkness; They do not know over what they stumble.
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So that you may maintain discretion And your lips may comply with knowledge.
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She does not ponder the path of life; Her ways are unstable, she does not know it.
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Until an arrow pierces through his liver; As a bird hurries to the snare, So he does not know that it will cost him his life.
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They are all straightforward to him who understands, And right to those who find knowledge.
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Accept my instruction and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold.
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“I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, And I find knowledge and discretion.
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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
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A woman of foolishness is boisterous, She has a lack of understanding and knows nothing.
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But he does not know that the dead are there, That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
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Wise people store up knowledge, But with the mouth of the foolish, ruin is at hand.
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The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, But the mouth of the wicked, what is perverted.
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With his mouth the godless person destroys his neighbor, But through knowledge the righteous will be rescued.
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Contrast of the Upright and the Wicked
One who loves discipline loves knowledge, But one who hates rebuke is stupid.
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A fool’s anger is known at once, But a prudent person conceals dishonor.
