Proverbs 1:2
Verse 2 of 33. The 1st of 31 chapters in Proverbs, in Poetry and Wisdom.
1The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
2To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
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.
King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.