Proverbs 1:5-7

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁵let the wise also hear and gain in learning,
and the discerning acquire skill,
⁶to understand a proverb and a figure,
the words of the wise and their riddles.

⁷The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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