Proverbs 1:4-6

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁴ for teaching shrewdness to the inexperienced,^[a](A)
knowledge and discretion^(B) to a young man –
⁵ let a wise person listen and increase learning,^(C)
and let a discerning person obtain guidance –
⁶ for understanding a proverb or a parable,^[b]
the words of the wise, and their riddles.^(D)