The Wise Man

A wise man learns by the experience of others, 

An ordinary man learns by his own experience,

A fool learns by nobody’s experience.

Proverbs 1:1-7

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

To know wisdom and instruction, 

To perceive the words of understanding,

To receive the instruction of wisdom, 

Justice, judgment, and equity;

To give prudence to the simple, 

To the young man knowledge and discretion—

A wise man will hear and increase learning, 

And a man of understanding will attain wise counsel,

To understand a proverb and an enigma, 

The words of the wise and their riddles.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, 

But fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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