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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 1, Verse 3

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To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
King James Version
To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
American Standard Version
To receive instruction in wise dealing, In righteousness and justice and equity;
New English Translation
To receive moral instruction in skillful living, with righteousness, justice, and equity.
World English Bible
to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity;
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To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
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A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
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To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
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The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
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For they [shall be] an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
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My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
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If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
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Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
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We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: