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Give to a wise person, and he ... teach a righteous person, and he

These two commands actually represent conditional statements. Alternate translation: "If you give to a wise person, he ... if you teach a righteous person, he"

Give to a wise person ... teach a righteous person

These two phrases basically say the same thing. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism)

Give to a wise person

This refers to giving instruction to a wise person. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit)