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 comprehend the words of understanding;
3 To receiue instruction to do wisely, by iustice and iudgement and equitie,
To receive the discipline of wisdom, justice, and right, 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 the man of understanding may 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 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 the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and discipline.
8 My sonne, heare thy fathers instruction, and forsake not thy mothers teaching.
Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching 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 lie in wait for blood, let us lurk 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 thy 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 thou in the way with them, restrain 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 the net is spread in the eyes of any bird;
18 So they lay waite for blood and lie priuily for their liues.
And these lie in wait for their own blood, they lurk 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 streets, 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 calleth at the head of the noisy streets, at the entrances 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 thoughtless, will ye love thoughtlessness? And how long will scorners delight them in 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 ye refused, I have stretched out my hand, and no man attended,
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, in your calamity, will laugh, I will mock when your dread 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 dread cometh as a storm, and your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; when trouble and distress 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 me, but I will not answer, they will seek me earnestly, 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 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 waywardness of the thoughtless shall slay them, and the confidence 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.'
