Proverbs 1:1-7 (Bible in Basic English)
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The wise sayings of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.
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To have knowledge of wise teaching; to be clear about the words of reason:
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To be trained in the ways of wisdom, in righteousness and judging truly and straight behaviour:
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To make the simple-minded sharp, and to give the young man knowledge, and serious purpose:
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(The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)
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To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings.
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The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.
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