A wise {man} will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

{As} an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, {so is} a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.

Then shall we know, {if} we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter {and} former rain unto the earth.

But grow in grace, and {in} the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him {be} glory both now and for ever. Amen.

A wise {man} will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

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

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

Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

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

Yet count {him} not as an enemy, but admonish {him} as a brother.

And blessed {be} thy advice, and blessed {be} thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to {shed} blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.

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

Poverty and shame {shall be to} him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous {man}, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.

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

Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:

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.

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

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.

But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.

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.

Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.