Proverbs 1:1-6

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 justice and equity;

⁴To give prudence 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:

⁶To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.