Proverbs 1:5
King James Version (KJV)
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
In context
3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:5 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
- WEB World English Bible
- that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel;
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
- ASV American Standard Version
- That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- (The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.)
- DBY Darby Translation
- He that is wise will hear, and will increase learning; and the intelligent will gain wise counsels:
- WBS Webster Bible
- A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain to wise counsels: