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

And wise man shall hear and increase in learning, and a man of [b]understanding shall attain unto wise counsels,

To understand a parable, and the interpretation, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:4 To such as have no discretion to rule themselves.
  2. Proverbs 1:5 As he showeth that these parables containing the effect of religion as touching manners and doctrine, do appertain to the simple people: so doth he declare that the same is also necessary for them that are wise and learned.

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