Proverbs 1:5-7

Contemporary English Version

⁵ If you are already wise,
    you will become even wiser.
And if you are smart,
you will learn to understand
⁶     proverbs and sayings,
as well as words of wisdom,
    and all kinds of riddles.
^7 (A) Respect and obey the Lord!
This is the beginning
    of knowledge.^[a]
Only a fool rejects wisdom
    and good advice.