A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
The 1611 reading
A wise man wil heare, and wil increase learning: and a man of vnderstanding shall attaine vnto wise counsels:
KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: Growth, produce, yield, offspring, gain, or enlargement. Sense 2: To grow, multiply, add to, enlarge, or intensify.
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First occurrence: Genesis 47:24
Complete exact-word concordance
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
A wise man wil heare, and wil increase learning: and a man of vnderstanding shall attaine vnto wise counsels:
Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the first fruits of all thine increase.
1611 marginal noteExod. 23.19. and 34.36. deut. 26.2 &c. mala. 3.10. &c. luke 14.13.
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
Giue instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a iust man, and he will increase in learning.
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Wealth gotten by vanitie shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour, shall increase.
1611 marginal noteHeb. with the hand.
1611 marginal noteChap. 10.2. & 20.21.
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
Where no Oxen are, the crib is cleane: but much increase is by the strength of the Oxe.
A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
A mans belly shall be satisfied with the fruite of his mouth; and with the increase of his lippes shall he be filled.
1611 marginal noteChap. 12.14. and 13.2.
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
Hee that oppresseth the poore to increase his riches, and he that giueth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
When the wicked rise, men hide themselues: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
1611 marginal noteChap. 29.2. and ver. 12.of this chapter.
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