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Proverbs 1:5
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3 To receive the instruction of wisdom,
Justice, judgment, and equity;
4 To give prudence to the asimple,
To the young man knowledge and discretion— 
5 aA wise man will hear and increase learning,
And a man of understanding will1 attain wise counsel, 
6 To understand a proverb and an enigma,
The words of the wise and their ariddles. 
7 aThe fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
But fools despise wisdom and instruction. 

Shun Evil Counsel

8 aMy son, hear the instruction of your father,
And do not forsake the law of your mother; 
9 For they will be a agraceful ornament on your head,
And chains about your neck. 
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Proverbs 1:5

A wise man wilt hear - I shall not only give such instructions as may be suitable to the youthful and inexperienced, but also to those who have much knowledge and understanding. So said St. Paul: We speak wisdom among them that are perfect. This and the following verse are connected in the old MS. and in Coverdale: "By hearyinge the wyse man shall come by more wysdome; and by experience he shall be more apte to understonde a parable and the interpretation thereof; the wordes of the wyse and the darke speaches of the same."


 
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