To know wisdom, [a]and instruction, to understand the words [b]of knowledge,

To receive [c]instruction to do wisely, by [d]justice and judgment and equity,

To give unto the [e]simple sharpness of wit, and to the child knowledge and discretion.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:2 That is, what we ought to know and follow, and what we ought to refuse.
  2. Proverbs 1:2 Meaning, the word of God wherein is the only true knowledge.
  3. Proverbs 1:3 To learn to submit ourselves to the correction of those that are wise.
  4. Proverbs 1:3 By living justly and rendering to every man that which appertaineth unto him.
  5. Proverbs 1:4 To such as have no discretion to rule themselves.

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