A moment in scripture
Proverbs 1:4
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To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 1:2
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
- Proverbs 1:3
To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
- Proverbs 1:5
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
- Proverbs 1:6
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.