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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 9, Verse 10

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9
Give [instruction] to a wise [man], and he will be yet wiser: teach a just [man], and he will increase in learning.
King James Version
The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy [is] understanding.
American Standard Version
The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
New English Translation
The beginning of wisdom is to fear the LORD, and acknowledging the Holy One is understanding.
World English Bible
The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
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For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
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If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but [if] thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear [it].
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A foolish woman [is] clamorous: [she is] simple, and knoweth nothing.
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For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
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To call passengers who go right on their ways:
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Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: and [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
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Stolen waters are sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant.
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But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.
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The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.
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Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.