5A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
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Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)We have here an introduction to this book, which some think was prefixed by the collector and publisher, as Ezra; but it is rather supposed to have been penned by Solomon himself, who, in the beginning of his book, proposes his end in writing it, that he might keep to his business, and closely pursue that end. We are here told, I. Who wrote these wise sayings, Prov. 1:1. They are the proverbs of S…
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