To impart prudence to the simple and knowledge and discretion to the young,to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young man—To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.To give prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion:
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Verses 1 to 19, the Proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel, to know wisdom and instruction, to perceive the words of understanding, to receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, judgment, and equity, to give prudence to the simple, to the young man, knowledge and discretion. A wise man will hear and increase learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel. To understand a proverb and an enigma, the words of the wise and their riddles, the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. But fools despise wisdom and instruction. My son, this is Solomon speaking to his son, hear the instruction of your father and do not forsake the law of your mother, for they will be a graceful ornament on your head and chains about your neck. My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. If they say, come with us, let us lie in wait to shed blood. Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause. Let us swallow them up alive like shoal, or another word for hell, and whole like those who go down to the pit. …
… To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, judgment, and equity. to the simple, to the young man with knowledge and discretion. A wise man will hear and increase learning and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel. To understand a proverb The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction. of your father and do not forsake the law of your mother. For they will be a graceful ornament on your head and chains about your neck. My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. If they say, come, let us lie in wait to shed blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause. Let us swallow them alive like sheol. And the whole will sweep down to the pits. We shall find all kinds of precious possessions. We shall fill our houses with spoil. Cast in your lot among us. Let us all have one purse. My son, do not walk in the way with them. Keep your foot from their path. …
… To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, judgment, and equity. To give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. A wise man will hear and increase learning. And a man of understanding will attain wise counsel. To understand a proverb and an enigma, the words of the wise and their riddles. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. But fools despise wisdom and instruction. Lord, we pray that as we christen this book of yours, 3,000-year-old document that's before us, its wisdom, its knowledge, its instruction has never changed. It is more needed now than maybe ever before, at least in our lifetime. Father, we thank you today that we are a people that have come to the worship and to the knowledge and to the love of the living God. You are the living God. You are the Savior. You are the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. You are the sum total of all that there is to know is known through you. …