Proverbs 1:5

In 11 translations

BSB

let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel

KJV

A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

WEB

that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel;

ASV

That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:

LSV

(The wise hear and increase learning, || And the intelligent obtain counsels.)

YLT

(The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.)

DBY

He that is wise will hear, and will increase learning; and the intelligent will gain wise counsels:

DRC

A wise man shall hear and shall be wiser: and he that understandeth, shall possess governments.

GNV

A wise man shall heare and increase in learning, and a man of vnderstanding shall attayne vnto wise counsels,

JPS

That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, and the man of understanding may attain unto wise counsels;

LXXE

For by the hearing of these a wise man will be wiser, and the man of understanding will gain direction;

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Original-language editions

WLC

יִשְׁמַ֣ע חָ֭כָם וְי֣וֹסֶף לֶ֑קַח וְ֝נָב֗וֹן תַּחְבֻּל֥וֹת יִקְנֶֽה׃

LXX-Br

Τῶν δὲ γὰρ ἀκούσας σοφὸς σοφώτερος ἔσται, ὁ δὲ νοήμων κυβέρνησιν κτήσεται·

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 12:1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
• Proverbs 9:9Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
• 1 Corinthians 10:15I speak to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say.
• Job 34:16If you have understanding, hear this; listen to my words.
• Job 34:10Therefore listen to me, O men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wrong, and from the Almighty to act unjustly.
• Psalms 119:98–100Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me. I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation. I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.
• Job 34:34Men of understanding will declare to me, and the wise men who hear me will say:
• 2 Chronicles 25:16While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have…
• 1 Samuel 25:32–33Then David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you to meet me this day! Blessed is your discernment, and blessed are you, because today you kept me from bloodshed and from avenging myself…

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