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Proverbs 1:1-6 Revised Version 1885 (RV1885)

1. The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:

2. To know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;

3. To receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness and judgment and equity;

4. To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion:

5. That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; and that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:

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

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