Proverbs 1:1-6 Modern English Version (MEV)

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

2. To know wisdom and instruction,to perceive the words of understanding,

3. to receive the instruction of wisdom,justice, judgment, and equity;

4. to give subtlety to the simple,to the young man knowledge and discretion—

5. a wise man will hear and will increase learning,and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel,

6. to understand a proverb and the interpretation,the words of the wise and their riddles.

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