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New Century Version

Proverbs 1:3

They will teach you how to be wise and self-controlled and will teach you to do what is honest and fair and right.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Instruction;   Integrity;   Proverbs;   Young Men;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Justice;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Mind;   Wisdom;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Education in Bible Times;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Israel, History of;   Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Proverb;   Proverbs, Book of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Proverbs book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Proverb;   Proverbs, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
for receiving prudent instructionin righteousness, justice, and integrity;
Hebrew Names Version
To receive instruction in wise dealing, In righteousness, justice, and equity;
King James Version
To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
English Standard Version
to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity;
New English Translation
To receive moral instruction in skillful living, in righteousness, justice, and equity.
Amplified Bible
To receive instruction in wise behavior and the discipline of wise thoughtfulness, Righteousness, justice, and integrity;
New American Standard Bible
To receive instruction in wise behavior, Righteousness, justice, and integrity;
World English Bible
To receive instruction in wise dealing, In righteousness, justice, and equity;
Geneva Bible (1587)
To receiue instruction to do wisely, by iustice and iudgement and equitie,
Legacy Standard Bible
To receive discipline that leads to insight,Righteousness, justice, and equity,
Berean Standard Bible
to receive instruction in wise living, in righteousness, justice, and equity,
Contemporary English Version
You will learn what is right and honest and fair.
Complete Jewish Bible
for gaining an intelligently disciplined life, doing what is right, just and fair;
Darby Translation
to receive the instruction of wisdom, righteousness and judgment, and equity;
Easy-to-Read Version
They will teach you to develop your mind in the right way. You will learn to do what is right and to be honest and fair.
George Lamsa Translation
To receive discipline, reverence, righteousness, and justice, and equity;
Good News Translation
They can teach you how to live intelligently and how to be honest, just, and fair.
Lexham English Bible
to gain insightful instruction, righteousness and justice and equity,
Literal Translation
to receive instruction in prudence, justice, and judgment, and uprightness;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
rightuousnesse, iudgment and equite.
American Standard Version
To receive instruction in wise dealing, In righteousness and justice and equity;
Bible in Basic English
To be trained in the ways of wisdom, in righteousness and judging truly and straight behaviour:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
To receive the discipline of wisdom, justice, and right, and equity;
King James Version (1611)
To receiue the instruction of wisdome, iustice, and iudgement & equitie,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
To receaue the instruction of wisdome, iustice, iudgement, and equitie:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
to receive also hard saying, and to understand true justice, and how to direct judgement;
English Revised Version
To receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness and judgment and equity;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
to vndurstonde the wordis of prudence; and to take the lernyng of teching; to take riytfulnesse, and dom, and equyte;
Update Bible Version
To receive instruction in wise dealing, In righteousness and justice and equity;
Webster's Bible Translation
To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
New King James Version
To receive the instruction of wisdom, Justice, judgment, and equity;
New Living Translation
Their purpose is to teach people to live disciplined and successful lives, to help them do what is right, just, and fair.
New Life Bible
They help you learn about the ways of wisdom and what is right and fair.
New Revised Standard
for gaining instruction in wise dealing, righteousness, justice, and equity;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For receiving the correction of prudence, righteousness and justice, and equity;
Douay-Rheims Bible
To understand the words of prudence: and to receive the instruction of doctrine, justice, and judgment, and equity:
Revised Standard Version
receive instruction in wise dealing, righteousness, justice, and equity;
Young's Literal Translation
For receiving the instruction of wisdom, Righteousness, judgment, and uprightness,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
To receive instruction in wise behavior, Righteousness, justice and equity;

Contextual Overview

1 These are the wise words of Solomon son of David, king of Israel. 2 They teach wisdom and self-control; they will help you understand wise words. 3 They will teach you how to be wise and self-controlled and will teach you to do what is honest and fair and right. 4 They make the uneducated wise and give knowledge and sense to the young. 5 Wise people can also listen and learn; even they can find good advice in these words. 6 Then anyone can understand wise words and stories, the words of the wise and their riddles.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

receive: Proverbs 2:1-9, Proverbs 8:10, Proverbs 8:11, Job 22:22

equity: Heb. equities, 1 Kings 3:28

Reciprocal: Proverbs 8:33 - Hear Proverbs 22:17 - and hear Jeremiah 17:23 - nor John 17:8 - received

Cross-References

Job 36:30
Watch how God scatters his lightning around him, lighting up the deepest parts of the sea.
Job 38:19
"What is the path to light's home, and where does darkness live?
Psalms 33:6
The sky was made at the Lord 's command. By the breath from his mouth, he made all the stars.
Psalms 33:9
He spoke, and it happened. He commanded, and it appeared.
Psalms 97:11
Light shines on those who do right; joy belongs to those who are honest.
Psalms 104:2
you wear light like a robe. You stretch out the skies like a tent.
Psalms 118:27
The Lord is God, and he has shown kindness to us. With branches in your hands, join the feast. Come to the corners of the altar.
Psalms 148:5
Let them praise the Lord , because they were created by his command.
Isaiah 45:7
I made the light and the darkness. I bring peace, and I cause troubles. I, the Lord , do all these things.
Isaiah 60:19
The sun will no longer be your light during the day nor will the brightness from the moon be your light, because the Lord will be your light forever, and your God will be your glory.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

To receive the instruction of wisdom,.... Or "prudence" h; of wise and prudent men; and especially of Christ himself, who bears those names, whose instructions this book is full of; and the design of which is to engage the attention of men to them, and prevail upon them to receive them, and act conformably to them. Which instructions respect the following things; and which are added by way of illustration and amplification, viz.

justice, and judgment, and equity; that which is just in itself, and according to the nature of God and his will; and is judged so by right reason; and is equitable between man and man, and agrees with the law of God. These three, R. Levi Ben Gersom says, signify one and the same thing; true righteousness, doing that which is just to God and man; which the doctrines of grace, or the instructions of wisdom, teach men to do; concerning which many rules may be collected from this book.

h השכל "prudentiae", Munster, Vatablus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Wisdom - Not the same word as in Proverbs 1:2; better, perhaps, thoughtfulness.

Justice - Rather, righteousness. The word in the Hebrew includes the ideas of truth and beneficence as well as “justice.”

Judgment - The teaching of the Proverbs is to lead us to pass a right sentence upon human actions, whether our own or another’s.

Equity - In the Hebrew (see the margin) the plural is used, and expresses the many varying forms and phases of the one pervading principle.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 1:3. To receive the instruction — השכל haskel, the deliberately weighing of the points contained in the teaching, so as to find out their importance.

Equity — משרים mesharim, rectitude. The pupil is to receive wisdom and instruction, the words of wisdom and understanding, justice and judgment, so perfectly as to excel in all. Wisdom itself, personified, is his teacher; and when God's wisdom teaches, there is no delay in learning.


 
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