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Proverbs 1:5–6

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5let a wise person listen and increase learning,e

and let a discerning person obtain guidance—

6for understanding a proverb or a parable,B

the words of the wise, and their riddles.f

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Footnotes

  1. BOr an enigma

Cross references

  1. ePr 9:9; 16:21,23
  2. fNm 12:8; Jdg 14:12; Ps 49:4; Hab 2:6

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Let the wise hear and increase in learning,

and the one who understands obtain guidance,

to understand a proverb and a saying,

the words of the wise and their riddles.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

let the wise listen and add to their learning,

and let the discerning get guidance—

for understanding proverbs and parables,

the sayings and riddles of the wise.

NLTNew Living Translation

Let the wise listen to these proverbs and become even wiser.

Let those with understanding receive guidance

by exploring the meaning in these proverbs and parables,

the words of the wise and their riddles.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

may the wise hear and increase learning,

and the one who understands gain direction,

to understand a proverb and an expression,

words of wisdom and their riddles.

KJV 1900King James Version

A wise man will hear, and will increase learning;

And a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

To understand a proverb, and the interpretation;

The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.