5let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance-


In Context

2 for attaining wisdom and discipline; for understanding words of insight;

3 for acquiring a disciplined and prudent life, doing what is right and just and fair;

4 for giving prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young-

5 let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance-

6 for understanding proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.

7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline. Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom

Proverbs 1:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:5A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5He that is wise will hear, and will increase learning; and the intelligent will gain wise counsels:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:5A wise man shall hear and shall be wiser: and he that understandeth, shall possess governments.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:5That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:5That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; and that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain to wise counsels:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5(The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.)

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:5A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain to wise counsels: