Proverbs 1
1 The parables of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.
The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, King of Israel:
2 To know wisdom, and instruction:
For the knowledge of wisdom and correction, for discerning the sayings of intelligence;
3 To understand the words of prudence: and to receive the instruction of doctrine, justice, and judgment, and equity:
For receiving the correction of prudence, righteousness and justice, and equity;
4 To give subtilty to little ones, to the young man knowledge and understanding.
For giving To the simple shrewdness, To the young man, knowledge and discretion.
5 A wise man shall hear and shall be wiser: and he that understandeth, shall possess governments.
A wise man, will hear, and will increase learning, and a, discreet man, wise counsels, will acquire,
6 He shall understand a parable, and the interpretation, the words of the wise, and their mysterious sayings.
By gaining discernment of proverb, and satire, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
The reverence of Yahweh, is the beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and correction, the foolish have despised.
8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Hear, my son, the correction of thy father, and do not reject the instruction of thy mother;
9 That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck.
For, a wreath of beauty, shall they be to thy head, and chains of ornament, to thy neck.
10 My son, if sinners shall entice thee, consent not to them.
My son, if sinners entice thee, do not consent.
11 If they shall say: Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us hide snares for the innocent without cause:
If they say—Come with us, —Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us watch in secret for him who is needlessly innocent;
12 Let us swallow him up alive like hell, and whole as one that goeth down into the pit. (Sheol h7585)
Let us engulf them, like hades, alive, While in health, like them who are going down to the pit; (Sheol h7585)
13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoils.
All costly substance, shall we find, We shall fill our houses with spoil;
14 Cast in thy lot with us, let us all have one purse.
Thy lot, shalt thou cast into our midst, One purse, shall there be, for us all.
15 My son, walk not thou with them, restrain thy foot from their paths.
My son, do not walk in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path.
16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
For, their feet, to mischief, do run, and haste to the shedding of blood.
17 But a net is spread in vain before the eyes of them that have wings.
Surely, in vain, is spread the net, in the sight of aught that hath wings!
18 And they themselves lie in wait for their own blood, and practise deceits against their own souls.
Yet, they, for their own blood, lie in wait, They watch in secret for their own life.
19 So the wage of every covetous man destroy the souls of the possessors.
Such are the ways of every one that graspeth with greed, The life of the owners thereof, it taketh away!
20 Wisdom preacheth abroad, she uttereth her voice in the streets:
Wisdom, in the open place, soundeth forth, in the broadways, she raiseth her voice;
21 At the head of multitudes she crieth out, in the entrance of the gates of the city she uttereth her words, saying:
At the head of bustling streets, she crieth aloud, —at the openings of the gates in the city—her sayings, she doth utter: —
22 O children, how long will you love childishness, and fools covet those things which are hurtful to themselves, and the unwise hate knowledge?
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and, scoffers, in scoffing, delight them? and, dullards, hate knowledge?
23 Turn ye at my reproof: behold I will utter my spirit to you, and will shew you my words.
Will ye turn, at my reproof? Lo! I will pour out to you my spirit, I will make known my words to you.
24 Because I called, and you refused: I stretched out my hand, and there was none that regarded.
Because I called, and ye refused, I stretched out my hand, and no one regarded;
25 You have despised all my counsel, and have neglected my reprehensions.
But ye dismissed all my counsel, and, to my rebuke, would not yield,
26 I also will laugh in your destruction, and will mock when that shall come to you which you feared.
I also, at your calamity, will laugh, I will mock, when cometh your dread;
27 When sudden calamity shall fall on you, and destruction, as a tempest, shall be at hand: when tribulation and distress shall come upon you:
When cometh as a crashing your dread, and, your calamity, as a storm-wind, overtaketh, when there come upon you, distress and anguish.
28 Then shall they call upon me, and I will not hear: they shall rise in the morning and shall not find me:
Then, will they call me, but I will not answer, they will seek me diligently, but shall not find me.
29 Because they have hated instruction and received not the fear of the Lord,
Because they hated knowledge, and, the reverence of Yahweh, did not choose;
30 Nor consented to my counsel, but despised all my reproof.
Consented not to my counsel, disdained all my rebuke,
31 Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and shall be filled with their own devices.
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and, with their own counsels, be filled.
32 The turning away of little ones shall kill them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
For, the turning away of the simple, will slay them, —and, the carelessness of dullards, will destroy them.
33 But he that shall hear me, shall rest without terror, and shall enjoy abundance, without fear of evils.
Whereas, he that hearkeneth unto me, shall dwell safely, and be at rest, without dread of misfortune.
