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Selected Verse: Proverbs 1:5 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
Pr 1:5	King James	A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Such writings the wise, who pursue right ends by right means, will value. learning--not the act, but matter of it. wise counsels--or the art and principles of governing.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

Such writings the wise, who pursue right ends by right means, will value.

learning--not the act, but matter of it.

wise counsels--or the art and principles of governing.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
But it is not for the young only that he writes. The "man of understanding" may gain "wise counsels," literally, the power to "steer" his course rightly on the dangerous seas of life. This "steersmanship," it may be noted, is a word almost unique to Proverbs (compare "counsel" in Pro 11:14; Pro 12:5; Pro 24:6).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

But it is not for the young only that he writes. The "man of understanding" may gain "wise counsels," literally, the power to "steer" his course rightly on the dangerous seas of life. This "steersmanship," it may be noted, is a word almost unique to Proverbs (compare "counsel" in Pro 11:14; Pro 12:5; Pro 24:6).

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Will hear - Is willing to learn. Attain to - The art of governing himself or others.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Will hear - Is willing to learn. Attain to - The art of governing himself or others.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
A wise man wilt hear - I shall not only give such instructions as may be suitable to the youthful and inexperienced, but also to those who have much knowledge and understanding. So said St. Paul: We speak wisdom among them that are perfect. This and the following verse are connected in the old MS. and in Coverdale: "By hearyinge the wyse man shall come by more wysdome; and by experience he shall be more apte to understonde a parable and the interpretation thereof; the wordes of the wyse and the darke speaches of the same."

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

A wise man wilt hear - I shall not only give such instructions as may be suitable to the youthful and inexperienced, but also to those who have much knowledge and understanding. So said St. Paul: We speak wisdom among them that are perfect. This and the following verse are connected in the old MS. and in Coverdale: "By hearyinge the wyse man shall come by more wysdome; and by experience he shall be more apte to understonde a parable and the interpretation thereof; the wordes of the wyse and the darke speaches of the same."

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