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


In Context

2 For knowing wisdom and instruction, For understanding sayings of intelligence,

3 For receiving the instruction of wisdom, Righteousness, judgment, and uprightness,

4 For giving to simple ones — prudence, To a youth — knowledge and discretion.

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

6 For understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings.

7 Fear of Jehovah is a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:5let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance-

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 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: