Proverbs 1
1 The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel.
[the] proverbs of Solomon [the] son of David [the] king of Israel.
2 They are for achieving wisdom and instruction, and to recognize sayings that bring insight.
To learn wisdom and discipline to teach words of understanding.
3 They provide education in what makes sense, living right, judging correctly, and acting fairly.
To receive correction of insight righteousness and justice and uprightness.
4 They give discernment to the immature, knowledge and discretion to the young.
To give to naive people prudence to a youth knowledge and discretion.
5 Wise people will listen and gain in learning, and those who have good judgment will gain skills in guidance,
Let him listen a prudent [one] and let him increase insight and a discerning [one] wise directions let him get.
6 understanding the proverbs and puzzles, the sayings and questions of the wise.
To understand a proverb and an enigma [the] words of learned ones and parables their.
7 Honoring the Lord is where true knowledge begins, but fools treat wisdom and good advice with contempt.
[the] fear of Yahweh [is the] beginning of knowledge wisdom and discipline fools they despise.
8 My son, pay attention to your father's instruction, and don't reject your mother's teaching.
Listen to O son my [the] correction of father your and may not you reject [the] instruction of mother your.
9 They are a wreath of grace to decorate your head; they are pendants for your neck.
For - [will be] a wreath of favor they for head your and necklaces for neck your.
10 My son, if evil people try to tempt you, don't give into them.
O son my if they will entice you sinners may not you be willing.
11 They may tell you, “Come with us. Let's go and hide, ready to kill someone. Let's ambush someone for fun!
If they will say come! with us let us lie in wait for blood let us lie hidden for an innocent [one] without cause.
Let us engulf them like Sheol alive and complete like [those who] go down of [the] pit. (Sheol h7585)
13 We'll take from them all kinds of valuable things and fill our homes with the stuff we steal!
All wealth prized we will find we will fill houses our plunder.
14 Come and join us and we'll all share what we get!”
Lot your you will cast in midst of us a bag one it will belong to all of us.
15 My son, don't follow their ways. Don't go in that direction with them.
O son my may not you walk in [the] way with them restrain foot your from pathway their.
16 For they rush to do evil; they hurry to commit violence and murder.
For feet their to evil they run and they may make haste to shed blood.
17 There's no point in trying to lure birds into a net when they can see it.
For in vain [is] spread out the net in [the] eyes of every owner of a wing.
18 However, these evil people hide ready to kill others, but they themselves are the victims. They're only ambushing themselves!
And they for own blood their they lie in wait they lie hidden for own life their.
19 This is what happens to you if you try to become rich through crime—it kills you!
[are] thus [the] paths of Every [one who] gains unjustly unjust gain [the] life of owners its it will take.
20 Wisdom calls out in the streets; she shouts aloud in the squares.
Wisdom in the street it cries aloud in the open places she gives voice her.
21 She cries out at busy corners; she explains her message at the town gates:
At [the] top of noisy [places] she calls out at [the] entrances of [the] gates in the city sayings her she utters.
22 “How long will you stupid people love stupidity? How long will scornful people enjoy their mocking? How long will fools hate knowledge?
Until when? - O naive people will you love naivete and mockers mockery do they delight in? themselves and fools will they hate? knowledge.
23 Pay attention to my warnings, and I'll pour out my deepest thoughts to you—I'll explain what I know to you.
You will turn back to rebuke my here! I will pour out to you spirit my let me declare words my you.
24 For I have called you, but you refused to listen; I reached out my hand to you, but you didn't care.
Because I called and you refused I offered hand my and there not [was] an attentive [one].
25 You ignored everything I said; you wouldn't accept any of my warnings.
And you ignored all advice my and rebuke my not you yielded to.
26 So I'll laugh at you when you're in trouble; I'll mock you when you're in a panic.
Also I at calamity your I will laugh I will mock when comes dread your.
27 When panic rains down on you like a storm, when trouble hits you like a whirlwind, when sorrow and pain come on you,
When comes (like devastation *Q(K)*) dread your and calamity your like a storm-wind it will arrive when comes on you trouble and distress.
28 then you'll call out to me for help, but I won't answer; you'll search hard for me, but won't find me.
Then they will call to me and not I will answer they will earnestly seek me and not they will find me.
29 Why?—because they hated knowledge, and they didn't choose to respect the Lord.
Because for they hated knowledge and [the] fear of Yahweh not they chose.
30 They're not willing to accept my advice; they despise all my warnings.
Not they yielded to advice my they spurned all rebuke my.
31 So they'll have to eat the fruit of their own choices, bloated by their own devious schemes.
So they may eat from [the] fruit of way their and from own schemes their they will be surfeited.
32 Stupid people are killed by their rebellion; foolish people are destroyed by their lack of concern.
For [the] waywardness of naive people it will ruin them and [the] ease of fools it will destroy them.
33 But everyone who listens to me will be kept safe, and will live without worrying about problems.”
And [one who] listens to me he will dwell security and he will be at ease from dread of trouble.
