| 1 | Proverbs | ||
| 1 | The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: | PROVERBS. The value of Proverbs. Pr.1.1-6 | |
| 2 | That men may know wisdom and instruction, understand words of insight, | ||
| 3 | receive instruction in wise dealing, righteousness, justice, and equity; | ||
| 4 | that prudence may be given to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth - | ||
| 5 | the wise man also may hear and increase in learning, and the man of understanding acquire skill, | ||
| 6 | to understand a proverb and a figure, the words of the wise and their riddles. | ||
| 7 | The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. | Advice to young men. Pr.1.7-19 | |
| 8 | Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and reject not your mother's teaching; | ||
| 9 | for they are a fair garland for your head, and pendants for your neck. | ||
| 10 | My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. | ||
| 11 | If they say, "Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us wantonly ambush the innocent; | ||
| 12 | like Sheol let us swallow them alive and whole, like those who go down to the Pit; | ||
| 13 | we shall find all precious goods, we shall fill our houses with spoil; | ||
| 14 | throw in your lot among us, we will all have one purse" - | ||
| 15 | my son, do not walk in the way with them, hold back your foot from their paths; | ||
| 16 | for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. | ||
| 17 | For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird; | ||
| 18 | but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they set an ambush for their own lives. | ||
| 19 | Such are the ways of all who get gain by violence; it takes away the life of its possessors. | ||
| 20 | Wisdom cries aloud in the street; in the markets she raises her voice; | Wisdom calls. Pr.1.20-33 | |
| 21 | on the top of the walls she cries out; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks: | ||
| 22 | "How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge? | ||
| 23 | Give heed to my reproof; behold, I will pour out my thoughts to you; I will make my words known to you. | ||
| 24 | Because I have called and you refused to listen, have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded, | ||
| 25 | and you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof, | ||
| 26 | I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when panic strikes you, | ||
| 27 | when panic strikes you like a storm, and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you. | ||
| 28 | Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but will not find me. | ||
| 29 | Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of Yahweh, | ||
| 30 | would have none of my counsel, and despised all my reproof, | ||
| 31 | therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way and be sated with their own devices. | ||
| 32 | For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacence of fools destroys them; | ||
| 33 | but he who listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of evil." | ||
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