PROVERBS 1:1-5

¹The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:

²To know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;

³To receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness and judgment and equity;

⁴To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion:

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