Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof {is} brutish.

Give {instruction} to a wise {man}, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just {man}, and he will increase in learning.

I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.

If now {thou hast} understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.

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. {men...: Heb. men of heart}

Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they {are} ever with me. {they...: Heb. it is ever with me}

Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me. {of...: Heb. of heart}

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 God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel. {determined: Heb. counselled}

And David said to Abigail, Blessed {be} the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:

Give {instruction} to a wise {man}, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just {man}, and he will increase in learning.

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.

The way of a fool {is} right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel {is} wise.

The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

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.

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.

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.

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. {the bright...: Gr. a candle by its bright shining}

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.

When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

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.

Hear my words, O ye wise {men}; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.

The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall. {a prating...: Heb. a fool of lips} {fall: Heb. be beaten}

The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.

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.

Wise {men} lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish {is} near destruction.

And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not {any} thing hid from the king, which he told her not. {questions: Heb. words}

Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.

And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto {them}, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.

For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.

But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.