Proverbs 1:5

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Summary

Proverbs 1:5

A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

A man

1 Samuel 25:32

2 Chronicles 25:16

General references

Bible References

A man

Then David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me,

As he was talking with him, the king said to him, “Have we appointed you a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” Then the prophet stopped and said, “I know that God has planned to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”

General references

So Moses listened to his father-in-law and did all that he had said.

But he forsook the counsel of the elders which they had given him, and consulted with the young men who grew up with him and served him.

“Hear my words, you wise men,
And listen to me, you who know.

Then you will discern righteousness and justice
And equity and every good course.

Give instruction to a wise man and he will be still wiser,
Teach a righteous man and he will increase his learning.

The

mind of the prudent acquires knowledge,

And the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.