Proverbs 1:3
To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
KJV
ad intelligenda verba prudentiæ, et suscipiendam eruditionem doctrinæ, justitiam, et judicium, et æquitatem :
Vulgate
δέξασθαί τε στροφὰς λόγων, νοῆσαί τε δικαιοσύνην ἀληθῆ καὶ κρίμα κατευθύνειν·
LXX
To receive instruction in wise dealing, In righteousness and justice and equity;
ASV
לָ֭/קַחַת מוּסַ֣ר הַשְׂכֵּ֑ל צֶ֥דֶק וּ֝/מִשְׁפָּ֗ט וּ/מֵישָׁרִֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
י
y
noun · 422×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
מֵישָׁרִֽים
myshrym
noun · 19×
מַשְׂכִּ֑יל
mshkyl
verb · 63×
מוּסָ֑ר
mvsr
noun · 50×
צֶ֑דֶק
tsdq
noun · 116×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 3:28 — And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.
- Job 22:22 — Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
- John 17:8 — For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
- Prov 2:1 — My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
- Prov 2:1 — My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
- Prov 8:10 — Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
- Prov 22:17 — Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.