Proverbs 9:9
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
9 Give instruction[a] to the wise, and they will become wiser still;
teach the righteous and they will gain in learning.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 9:9 Heb lacks instruction
Proverbs 9:9
Contemporary English Version
9 If you have good sense,
instruction will help you
to have even better sense.
And if you live right,
education will help you
to know even more.
Proverbs 9:9
Authorized (King James) Version
9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser:
teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
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