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Selected Verse: Proverbs 1:5 - Strong Concordance

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Pr 1:5 Strong Concordance A wise [02450] man will hear [08085], and will increase [03254] learning [03948]; and a man of understanding [0995] shall attain [07069] unto wise counsels [08458]:
  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.
 
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6 For by wise counsel [08458] thou shalt make [06213] thy war [04421]: and in multitude [07230] of counsellors [03289] there is safety [08668].
5 The thoughts [04284] of the righteous [06662] are right [04941]: but the counsels [08458] of the wicked [07563] are deceit [04820].
14 Where no counsel [08458] is, the people [05971] fall [05307]: but in the multitude [07230] of counsellors [03289] there is safety [08668].