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Proverbs 1:5 (WEB)
that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel;

Fathers and councils · 6

Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians II.7Discourse II
“…it is a dark saying; but ‘a man of understanding,’ says he, ‘shall understand a proverb and the interpretation, the words of the wise and their dark sayings.’” — editor's note: Prov. i. 5, 6.
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Athanasius of Alexandria, Festal and Personal Letters Festal Letters.15Festal Letters
“For where there is sagacity, there the Word, who is the Pilot of souls, is with the vessel; ‘for he that hath understanding shall possess guidance;’ but they who are without guidance fall like the leaves.” — editor's note: Prov. i. 5, LXX.
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Gregory the Great, Epistles, Books I–VIII I.5Book I
“And it is said through Solomon, A man of understanding shall possess governments (Prov. i. 5).” — the author cites it
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Jerome, Letters Letter 70
“In the commencement of the book of Proverbs he charges us to understand prudent maxims and shrewd adages, parables and obscure discourse, the words of the wise and their dark sayings; all of which belong by right to the sphere of the dialectician and the philosopher.” — editor's note: Prov. i. 1–6.
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Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.2Book II
““For the wise man,” who has been persuaded to obey the commandments, “having heard these things, will become wiser” by knowledge; and “the intelligent man will acquire rule, and will understand a parable and a dark word, the sayings and enigmas of the wise.”” — editor's note: Prov. i. 2–6.
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Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.15Book VI
“And the intelligent man will acquire rule, and will understand a parable and a dark saying, the words and enigmas of the wise.”” — editor's note: Prov. i. 5, 6. [Elucidation IX.]
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