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1 The parables of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel; (The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, the king of Israel;)
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The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:
2 to know wisdom and knowing (to know wisdom and knowledge); to understand the words of prudence;
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for gaining wisdom and instruction; for understanding words of insight;
3 and to take the learning of teaching; to take rightfulness, and doom, and equity; (and to receive learning from teaching, or from instruction; to gain righteousness, and judgement, or justice, and fairness;)
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for receiving instruction in prudent behavior, doing what is right and just and fair;
4 that fellness, or wariness, be given to little children, and knowing and understanding to a young waxing man. (so that cleverness, and caution, be given to people of little wit, or of low intelligence, and knowledge and understanding to a young growing man.)
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for giving prudence to those who are simple,knowledge and discretion to the young—
5 A wise man hearing shall be the wiser; and a man (of) understanding shall hold governance. (A wise person listening shall become wiser; and a person understanding shall gain skills, or abilities.)
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let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance—
6 He shall perceive a parable, and the expounding; the words of wise men, and the dark figurative speeches of them. (He shall understand a proverb, and its expounding, or its explanation; yea, the words of the wise, and their riddles.)
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for understanding proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.
7 The dread of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; fools despise wisdom and teaching. (The fear of the Lord/Reverence for the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; but fools despise wisdom and teaching.)
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The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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