Proverbs 1:5-7

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⁵the wise man also may hear and increase in learning,
and the man of understanding 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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