Proverbs 1
1 The Parables of Salomon the sonne of Dauid King of Israel,
The parables 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:
3 To receiue instruction to do wisely, by iustice and iudgement and equitie,
To understand the words of prudence: and to receive the instruction of doctrine, justice, and judgment, and equity:
4 To giue vnto the simple, sharpenesse of wit, and to the childe knowledge and discretion.
To give subtilty to little ones, to the young man knowledge and understanding.
5 A wise man shall heare and increase in learning, and a man of vnderstanding shall attayne vnto wise counsels,
A wise man shall hear and shall be wiser: and he that understandeth, shall possess governments.
6 To vnderstand a parable, and the interpretation, the wordes of ye wise, and their darke sayings.
He shall understand a parable, and the interpretation, the words of the wise, and their mysterious 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 wisdom. Fools 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.
That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck.
10 My sonne, if sinners doe intise thee, consent thou not.
My son, if sinners shall entice thee, consent not to them.
11 If they say, Come with vs, we will lay waite for blood, and lie priuilie for the innocent without a 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 We wil swallow them vp aliue like a graue euen whole, as those that goe downe 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 finde all precious riches, and fill our houses with spoyle:
We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoils.
14 Cast in thy lot among vs: we will all haue one purse:
Cast in thy lot with 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 thou with them, restrain thy foot from their paths.
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:
But a net is spread in vain before the eyes of them that have wings.
18 So they lay waite for blood and lie priuily for their liues.
And they themselves lie in wait for their own blood, and practise deceits against their own souls.
19 Such are the wayes of euery one that is greedy of gaine: he would take away the life of the owners thereof.
So the wage of every covetous man destroy the souls of the possessors.
20 Wisdome cryeth without: she vttereth her voyce in the streetes.
Wisdom preacheth abroad, she uttereth 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,
At the head of multitudes she crieth out, in the entrance of the gates of the city she uttereth 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?
O children, how long will you love childishness, and fools covet those things which are hurtful to themselves, and the unwise hate knowledge?
23 (Turne you at my correction: loe, I will powre out my mind vnto you, and make you vnderstand my wordes)
Turn ye at my reproof: behold I will utter my spirit to you, and will shew you my words.
24 Because I haue called, and ye refused: I haue stretched out mine hand, and none woulde regarde.
Because I called, and you refused: I stretched out my hand, and there was none that regarded.
25 But ye haue despised all my counsell, and would none of my correction.
You have despised all my counsel, and have neglected my reprehensions.
26 I will also laugh at your destruction, and mocke, when your feare commeth.
I also will laugh in your destruction, and will mock when that shall come to you which you feared.
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 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 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, and I will not hear: they shall rise in the morning and shall not find me:
29 Because they hated knowledge, and did not chuse the feare of the Lord.
Because they have hated instruction and received not the fear of the Lord,
30 They would none of my counsell, but despised all my correction.
Nor consented to my counsel, but despised all my reproof.
31 Therefore shall they eate of ye fruite of their owne way, and be filled with their owne deuises.
Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and shall be filled with their own devices.
32 For ease slaieth the foolish, and the prosperitie of fooles destroyeth them.
The turning away of little ones shall kill 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 he that shall hear me, shall rest without terror, and shall enjoy abundance, without fear of evils.
