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| The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: | PROVERBS. The value of Proverbs. Pr.1.1-6 | ||
| That men may know wisdom and instruction, understand words of insight, | |||
| receive instruction in wise dealing, righteousness, justice, and equity; | |||
| that prudence may be given to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth - | |||
| the wise man also may hear and increase in learning, and the man of understanding acquire skill, | |||
| to understand a proverb and a figure, the words of the wise and their riddles. | |||
| The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. | Advice to young men. Pr.1.7-19 | ||
| Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and reject not your mother's teaching; | |||
| for they are a fair garland for your head, and pendants for your neck. | |||
| My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. | |||
| If they say, "Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us wantonly ambush the innocent; | |||
| like Sheol let us swallow them alive and whole, like those who go down to the Pit; | |||
| we shall find all precious goods, we shall fill our houses with spoil; | |||
| throw in your lot among us, we will all have one purse" - | |||
| my son, do not walk in the way with them, hold back your foot from their paths; | |||
| for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. | |||
| For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird; | |||
| but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they set an ambush for their own lives. | |||
| Such are the ways of all who get gain by violence; it takes away the life of its possessors. | |||
| Wisdom cries aloud in the street; in the markets she raises her voice; | Wisdom calls. Pr.1.20-33 | ||
| on the top of the walls she cries out; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks: | |||
| "How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge? | |||
| Give heed to my reproof; behold, I will pour out my thoughts to you; I will make my words known to you. | |||
| Because I have called and you refused to listen, have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded, | |||
| and you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof, | |||
| I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when panic strikes you, | |||
| when panic strikes you like a storm, and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you. | |||
| Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but will not find me. | |||
| Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD, | |||
| would have none of my counsel, and despised all my reproof, | |||
| therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way and be sated with their own devices. | |||
| For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacence of fools destroys them; | |||
| but he who listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of evil." | |||
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