Proverbs 1
1 The Parables of Salomon the sonne of Dauid King of Israel,
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
2 To knowe wisdome, and instruction, to vnderstand ye wordes of knowledge,
To know wisdom and instruction; To discern the words of understanding;
3 To receiue instruction to do wisely, by iustice and iudgement and equitie,
To receive instruction in wise dealing, In righteousness and justice and equity;
4 To giue vnto the simple, sharpenesse of wit, and to the childe knowledge and discretion.
To give prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion:
5 A wise man shall heare and increase in learning, and a man of vnderstanding shall attayne vnto wise counsels,
That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:
6 To vnderstand a parable, and the interpretation, the wordes of ye wise, and their darke sayings.
To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7 The feare of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fooles despise wisedome and instruction.
The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; [But] the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
8 My sonne, heare thy fathers instruction, and forsake not thy mothers teaching.
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
9 For they shalbe a comely ornament vnto thine head, and as chaines for thy necke.
For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.
10 My sonne, if sinners doe intise thee, consent thou not.
My son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not.
11 If they say, Come with vs, we will lay waite for blood, and lie priuilie for the innocent without a cause:
If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;
12 We wil swallow them vp aliue like a graue euen whole, as those that goe downe into the pit: (Sheol h7585)
Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit; (Sheol h7585)
13 We shall finde all precious riches, and fill our houses with spoyle:
We shall find all precious substance; We shall fill our houses with spoil;
14 Cast in thy lot among vs: we will all haue one purse:
Thou shalt cast thy lot among us; We will all have one purse:
15 My sonne, walke not thou in the way with them: refraine thy foote from their path.
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:
16 For their feete runne to euill, and make haste to shed blood.
For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.
17 Certainely as without cause the net is spred before the eyes of all that hath wing:
For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:
18 So they lay waite for blood and lie priuily for their liues.
And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.
19 Such are the wayes of euery one that is greedy of gaine: he would take away the life of the owners thereof.
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
20 Wisdome cryeth without: she vttereth her voyce in the streetes.
Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places;
21 She calleth in the hye streete, among the prease in the entrings of the gates, and vttereth her wordes in the citie, saying,
She crieth in the chief place of concourse; At the entrance of the gates, In the city, she uttereth her words:
22 O ye foolish, howe long will ye loue foolishnes? and the scornefull take their pleasure in scorning, and the fooles hate knowledge?
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?
23 (Turne you at my correction: loe, I will powre out my mind vnto you, and make you vnderstand my wordes)
Turn you at my reproof: Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you; I will make known my words unto you.
24 Because I haue called, and ye refused: I haue stretched out mine hand, and none woulde regarde.
Because I have called, and ye have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded;
25 But ye haue despised all my counsell, and would none of my correction.
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof:
26 I will also laugh at your destruction, and mocke, when your feare commeth.
I also will laugh in [the day of] your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
27 Whe your feare cometh like sudden desolation, and your destruction shall come like a whirle wind: whe affliction and anguish shall come vpon you,
When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you.
28 Then shall they call vpon me, but I will not answere: they shall seeke me early, but they shall not finde me,
Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:
29 Because they hated knowledge, and did not chuse the feare of the Lord.
For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah,
30 They would none of my counsell, but despised all my correction.
They would none of my counsel, They despised all my reproof.
31 Therefore shall they eate of ye fruite of their owne way, and be filled with their owne deuises.
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices.
32 For ease slaieth the foolish, and the prosperitie of fooles destroyeth them.
For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.
33 But he that obeyeth me, shall dwell safely, and be quiet from feare of euill.
But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, And shall be quiet without fear of evil.
