Proverbs 1:5
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
In other versions
That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:
ASV
(The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)
BBE
He that is wise will hear, and will increase learning; and the intelligent will gain wise counsels:
DBY
That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; That the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:
WEB
(The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.)
YLT
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
ENG
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain to wise counsels:
WBT
let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
BSB
In context
3To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
4To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
5A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.