Proverbs 1:4

Proverbs chapter 1 · verse 4 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

To give prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion:

King James Version · 1611

To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

American Standard Version · 1901

To give prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion:

v.3To receive instruction in wise dealing, In righteousness and justice and equity;

v.4This passage

v.5That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Psalms 34:11
Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of Jehovah.
Psalms 119:9
Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word.
Proverbs 8:12
I wisdom have made prudence my dwelling, And find out knowledgeanddiscretion.
Proverbs 8:32
Now therefore, mysons, hearken unto me; For blessed are they that keep my ways.
Proverbs 8:5
O ye simple, understand prudence; And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart.
Isaiah 35:8
And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for the redeemed: the wayfaring men, yea fools, shall not err therein.