Proverbs 1
1 Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
The parables of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.
2 to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;
To know wisdom, and instruction:
3 to receive the instruction of wisdom, righteousness and judgment, and equity;
To understand the words of prudence: and to receive the instruction of doctrine, justice, and judgment, and equity:
4 to give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
To give subtilty to little ones, to the young man knowledge and understanding.
5 He that is wise will hear, and will increase learning; and the intelligent will gain wise counsels:
A wise man shall hear and shall be wiser: and he that understandeth, shall possess governments.
6 to understand a proverb and an allegory, the words of the wise and their enigmas.
He shall understand a parable, and the interpretation, the words of the wise, and their mysterious sayings.
7 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge: fools despise wisdom and instruction.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8 Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
9 for they shall be a garland of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck.
10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent not.
My son, if sinners shall entice thee, consent not to them.
11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
If they shall say: Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us hide snares for the innocent without cause:
12 let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those that go down into the pit; (Sheol h7585)
Let us swallow him up alive like hell, and whole as one that goeth down into the pit. (Sheol h7585)
13 we shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoils.
14 cast in thy lot among us; we will all have one purse:
Cast in thy lot with us, let us all have one purse.
15 — my son, walk not in the way with them, keep back thy foot from their path;
My son, walk not thou with them, restrain thy foot from their paths.
16 for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
17 For in vain the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings.
But a net is spread in vain before the eyes of them that have wings.
18 And these lay wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.
And they themselves lie in wait for their own blood, and practise deceits against their own souls.
19 So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors.
So the wage of every covetous man destroy the souls of the possessors.
20 Wisdom crieth without; she raiseth her voice in the broadways;
Wisdom preacheth abroad, she uttereth her voice in the streets:
21 she calleth in the chief [place] of concourse, in the entry of the gates; in the city she uttereth her words:
At the head of multitudes she crieth out, in the entrance of the gates of the city she uttereth her words, saying:
22 How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish hate knowledge?
O children, how long will you love childishness, and fools covet those things which are hurtful to themselves, and the unwise hate knowledge?
23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour forth my spirit unto you, I will make known to you my words.
Turn ye at my reproof: behold I will utter my spirit to you, and will shew you my words.
24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one regarded;
Because I called, and you refused: I stretched out my hand, and there was none that regarded.
25 and ye have rejected all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
You have despised all my counsel, and have neglected my reprehensions.
26 I also will laugh in your calamity, I will mock when your fear cometh;
I also will laugh in your destruction, and will mock when that shall come to you which you feared.
27 when your fear cometh as sudden destruction, and your calamity cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you:
When sudden calamity shall fall on you, and destruction, as a tempest, shall be at hand: when tribulation and distress shall come upon you:
28 — then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me early, and shall not find me.
Then shall they call upon me, and I will not hear: they shall rise in the morning and shall not find me:
29 Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Jehovah;
Because they have hated instruction and received not the fear of the Lord,
30 they would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof:
Nor consented to my counsel, but despised all my reproof.
31 therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their way, and be filled with their own devices.
Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and shall be filled with their own devices.
32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of the foolish shall cause them to perish.
The turning away of little ones shall kill them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be at rest from fear of evil.
But he that shall hear me, shall rest without terror, and shall enjoy abundance, without fear of evils.
