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making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding;
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yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding,
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For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;
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discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you,
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Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.
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Blessed Is the One Who Finds Wisdom
Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding,
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The Lord by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens;
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Warning Against Adultery
My son, be attentive to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding,
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The Blessings of Wisdom
Does not wisdom call? Does not understanding raise her voice?
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On the lips of him who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks sense.
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Doing wrong is like a joke to a fool, but wisdom is pleasure to a man of understanding.
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Whoever belittles his neighbor lacks sense, but a man of understanding remains silent.
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A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge is easy for a man of understanding.
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Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.
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Wisdom rests in the heart of a man of understanding, but it makes itself known even in the midst of fools.
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The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
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Folly is a joy to him who lacks sense, but a man of understanding walks straight ahead.
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How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
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A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.
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Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
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A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.
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Whoever gets sense loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding will discover good.
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Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove a man of understanding, and he will gain knowledge.
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The purpose in a man's heart is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
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No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel can avail against the Lord.
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Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
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By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established;
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When a land transgresses, it has many rulers, but with a man of understanding and knowledge, its stability will long continue.
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The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding, but a companion of gluttons shames his father.
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A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man who has understanding will find him out.
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A ruler who lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor, but he who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.
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Surely I am too stupid to be a man. I have not the understanding of a man.
