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
Marks the person, place, thing, condition, purpose, standard, or limit toward which speech, action, motion, relation, comparison, or progress is directed: to or toward; in a phrase that states an endpoint, up to, as far as, or until that endpoint.
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 1:9
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:
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
For they shall be an ornament of grace vnto thy head, and chaines about thy necke.
1611 marginal noteHebr. an adding.
Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
Turne you at my reproofe: behold, I will powre out my spirit vnto you, I will make knowen my wordes vnto you.
But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
But who so hearkneth vnto mee, shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from feare of euill.
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
So that thou incline thine eare vnto wisedome, and apply thine heart to vnderstanding:
¶ When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
¶ When wisedome entreth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant vnto thy soule;
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
For her house inclineth vnto death, and her pathes vnto the dead:
None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
None that goe vnto her, returne againe, neither take they hold of the pathes of life.
¶ Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
¶ Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and leaue not vnto thine owne vnderstanding.
She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
She is more precious then Rubies: and all the things thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto her.
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