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 perceive the words of understanding;
3 To receiue instruction to do wisely, by iustice and iudgement and equitie,
To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
4 To giue vnto the simple, sharpenesse of wit, and to the childe knowledge and discretion.
To give subtlety 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,
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
6 To vnderstand a parable, and the interpretation, the wordes of ye wise, and their darke sayings.
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; 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 the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8 My sonne, heare thy fathers instruction, and forsake not thy mothers teaching.
My son, hear the instruction of your father, and forsake not the law of your mother:
9 For they shalbe a comely ornament vnto thine head, and as chaines for thy necke.
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto your head, and chains about your neck.
10 My sonne, if sinners doe intise thee, consent thou not.
My son, if sinners entice you, consent you 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 privately 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 the grave; 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:
Cast in your lot among us; let us 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 you in the way with them; refrain your foot from their path:
16 For their feete runne to euill, and make haste to shed blood.
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
17 Certainely as without cause the net is spred before the eyes of all that hath wing:
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
18 So they lay waite for blood and lie priuily for their liues.
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privately 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; which takes away the life of the owners thereof.
20 Wisdome cryeth without: she vttereth her voyce in the streetes.
Wisdom cries without; she utters her voice in the streets:
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 cries in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she utters her words, saying,
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, all of you simple ones, will all of you love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, 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 unto 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 all of you refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
25 But ye haue despised all my counsell, and would none of my correction.
But all of you have set at nothing all my counsel, and refused my reproof:
26 I will also laugh at your destruction, and mocke, when your feare commeth.
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear comes;
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 comes as desolation, and your destruction comes as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish comes 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 shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, 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 the LORD:
30 They would none of my counsell, but despised all my correction.
They refused 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 turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
33 But he that obeyeth me, shall dwell safely, and be quiet from feare of euill.
But whoso hearkens unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
