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Give instruction to the wise, and they will become wiser.
    Teach upstanding people, and they will learn even more.
10 Reverence for the Eternal, the one True God, is the beginning of wisdom;
    true knowledge of the Holy One is the start of understanding.

11 Lady Wisdom: Through me your days will be lengthened,
        and years will be added to your life.

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Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still;
    teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.(A)

10 The fear of the Lord(B) is the beginning of wisdom,
    and knowledge of the Holy One(C) is understanding.(D)
11 For through wisdom[a] your days will be many,
    and years will be added to your life.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 9:11 Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; Hebrew me