Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning. New Living Translation Instruct the wise, and they will be even wiser. Teach the righteous, and they will learn even more. English Standard Version Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning. Berean Standard Bible Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning. King James Bible Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. New King James Version Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; Teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. New American Standard Bible Give instruction to a wise person and he will become still wiser; Teach a righteous person and he will increase his insight. NASB 1995 Give instruction to a wise man and he will be still wiser, Teach a righteous man and he will increase his learning. NASB 1977 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser, Teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning. Legacy Standard Bible Give knowledge to a wise man and he will be still wiser, Make a righteous man know it and he will increase his learning. Amplified Bible Give instruction to a wise man and he will become even wiser; Teach a righteous man and he will increase his learning. Christian Standard Bible Instruct the wise, and he will be wiser still; teach the righteous, and he will learn more. Holman Christian Standard Bible Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will learn more.” American Standard Version Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Give opportunity to a wise man that again he may learn wisdom, and teach the righteous that he may progress beyond his teacher. Brenton Septuagint Translation Give an opportunity to a wise man, and he will be wiser: instruct a just man, and he will receive more instruction. Contemporary English Version If you have good sense, instruction will help you to have even better sense. And if you live right, education will help you to know even more. Douay-Rheims Bible Give an occasion to a wise man, and wisdom shall be added to him. Teach a just man, and he shall make haste to receive it. English Revised Version Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning. GOD'S WORD® Translation Give [advice] to a wise person, and he will become even wiser. Teach a righteous person, and he will learn more. Good News Translation Anything you say to the wise will make them wiser. Whatever you tell the righteous will add to their knowledge. International Standard Version Counsel a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will add to his learning. JPS Tanakh 1917 Give to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser; Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning. Literal Standard Version Give to the wise, and he is wiser still, | Make known to the righteous, | And he increases learning. Majority Standard Bible Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning. New American Bible Instruct the wise, and they become still wiser; teach the just, and they advance in learning. NET Bible Give instruction to a wise person, and he will become wiser still; teach a righteous person and he will add to his learning. New Revised Standard Version Give instruction to the wise, and they will become wiser still; teach the righteous and they will gain in learning. New Heart English Bible Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning. Webster's Bible Translation Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. World English Bible Instruct a wise person, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous person, and he will increase in learning. Young's Literal Translation Give to the wise, and he is wiser still, Make known to the righteous, And he increaseth learning. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Way of Wisdom…8Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you. 9Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning. 10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.… Cross References Proverbs 1:5 let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel Proverbs 10:14 The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction. Treasury of Scripture Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. Proverbs 1:5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: Proverbs 25:12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear. Hosea 6:3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. Jump to Previous Add Impart Increase Increased Increaseth Instruct Instruction Learning Righteous Teach Teaching Training Upright Wise WiserJump to Next Add Impart Increase Increased Increaseth Instruct Instruction Learning Righteous Teach Teaching Training Upright Wise WiserProverbs 9 1. The discipline4. and the doctrine of wisdom 13. The custom 16. and error of folly (9) Give instruction to a wise man.--Comp. Matthew 13:12; Matthew 25:29.Verse 9. - Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser. The Hebrew is merely "give to the wise," with no object mentioned; but the context suggests "instruction," even though, as in ver. 8, it takes the form of rebuke. Vulgate and Septuagint, "Give an opportunity to a wise man, and he will be wiser" (comp. Matthew 13:12; Matthew 25:29). To make the best use of all occasions of learning duty, whether they present themselves in a winning or a forbidden shape, is the part of one who is wise unto salvation (see Proverbs 1:5, and note there). Teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. Wisdom being a moral and not merely an intellectual, quality. there is a natural interchange of "wise" and "just," referring to the same individual, in the two clauses. Vulgate, festinabit accipere; Septuagint, "Instruct a wise man, and he shall have more given him." The wise are thus rewarded with larger measures of wisdom, because they are simple, humble, and willing to learn, having that childlike spirit which Christ commends (Matthew 18:3). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Instructתֵּ֣ן (tên) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set a wise man, לְ֭חָכָם (lə·ḥā·ḵām) Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 2450: Wise and he will be wiser וְיֶחְכַּם־ (wə·yeḥ·kam-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2449: To be wise still; ע֑וֹד (‘ō·wḏ) Adverb Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more teach הוֹדַ֥ע (hō·w·ḏa‘) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 3045: To know a righteous man, לְ֝צַדִּ֗יק (lə·ṣad·dîq) Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 6662: Just, righteous and he will increase וְי֣וֹסֶף (wə·yō·w·sep̄) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular Strong's 3254: To add, augment [his] learning. לֶֽקַח׃ (le·qaḥ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3948: Something received, instruction, inveiglement Links Proverbs 9:9 NIVProverbs 9:9 NLT Proverbs 9:9 ESV Proverbs 9:9 NASB Proverbs 9:9 KJV Proverbs 9:9 BibleApps.com Proverbs 9:9 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 9:9 Chinese Bible Proverbs 9:9 French Bible Proverbs 9:9 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 9:9 Instruct a wise man and he will (Prov. 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