Proverbs 1:5
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
KJV
Audiens sapiens, sapientior erit, et intelligens gubernacula possidebit.
Vulgate
τῶνδε γὰρ ἀκούσας σοφὸς σοφώτερος ἔσται, ὁ δὲ νοήμων κυβέρνησιν κτήσεται,
LXX
That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:
ASV
יִשְׁמַ֣ע חָ֭כָם וְ/י֣וֹסֶף לֶ֑קַח וְ֝/נָב֗וֹן תַּחְבֻּל֥וֹת יִקְנֶֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
ו
v
noun · 7×
חָכָ֣ם
chkm
noun · 135×
יָבִ֥ין
ybyn
verb · 168×
יֹּ֣סֶף
ysp
verb · 208×
לֶֽקַח
lqch
noun · 9×
קְנֵ֣ה
qnh
verb · 86×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
77. Nor in any other way was it fitting that our life should be founded, but in the Lord who is before the ages, and through whom the ages were brought to be; that, since it was in Him, we too might be able to inherit that everlasting life. For God is good; and being good always, He willed this, as knowing that our weak nature needed the succour and salvation which is from Him.…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 10:15 — I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
- 1John 2:21 — I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
- 1Kgs 10:1 — And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.
- 1Sam 25:32 — And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
- 2Chr 25:16 — And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king’s counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that Go
- Acts 10:33 — Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.
- Acts 17:11 — These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
- Dan 12:10 — Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
- Exod 18:24 — So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.
- Hos 14:9 — Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
- Job 34:2 — Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
- Job 34:10 — Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
- Job 34:16 — If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
- Job 34:34 — Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.
- Luke 11:36 — If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
- Matt 13:23 — But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
- Prov 9:9 — Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
- Prov 9:9 — Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
- Prov 10:8 — The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
- Prov 12:1 — Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
- Prov 12:15 — The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
- Prov 15:14 — The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
- Prov 18:15 — The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
- Prov 21:11 — When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
- Ps 119:98 — Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.