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


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Proverbs 1 2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
Proverbs 4 7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
Proverbs 18 15 The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
Proverbs 8 5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
Proverbs 16 22 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
Proverbs 19 20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
Proverbs 1 5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
Proverbs 2 2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
Proverbs 15 14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
Proverbs 9 6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
Proverbs 18 2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
Proverbs 20 5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Proverbs 2 6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
1 Corinthians 12 8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
Proverbs 16 23 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
Luke 1 4 That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
Proverbs 23 12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 14 7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
Proverbs 14 33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
Proverbs 24 3 Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
Proverbs 1 3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
Proverbs 24 14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
Proverbs 13 16 Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
Ecclesiastes 7 25 I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:
Proverbs 14 8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
Proverbs 9 10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
Ecclesiastes 8 1 Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.
Proverbs 21 11 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
Isaiah 32 4 The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
Isaiah 1 17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Proverbs 22 17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
Proverbs 19 8 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
Proverbs 14 6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
Job 12 12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
Proverbs 15 21 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
Proverbs 2 10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
Ecclesiastes 7 11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
Ecclesiastes 1 18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Proverbs 10 14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
Proverbs 28 11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
1 Corinthians 2 5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
Proverbs 15 7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
Psalms 51 6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Proverbs 9 9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
Proverbs 4 5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 15 2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
Ecclesiastes 6 8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
Proverbs 17 27 He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
1 Thessalonians 4 12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
Proverbs 8 11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.