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1 THE PROVERBS of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
[the] proverbs of Solomon [the] son of David [the] king of Israel.
2 To know wisdom and instruction; to comprehend the words of understanding;
To learn wisdom and discipline to teach words of understanding.
3 To receive the discipline of wisdom, justice, and right, and equity;
To receive correction of insight righteousness and justice and uprightness.
4 To give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion;
To give to naive people prudence to a youth knowledge and discretion.
5 That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, and the man of understanding may attain unto wise counsels;
Let him listen a prudent [one] and let him increase insight and a discerning [one] wise directions let him get.
6 To understand a proverb, and a figure; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
To understand a proverb and an enigma [the] words of learned ones and parables their.
7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and discipline.
[the] fear of Yahweh [is the] beginning of knowledge wisdom and discipline fools they despise.
8 Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
Listen to O son my [the] correction of father your and may not you reject [the] instruction of mother your.
9 For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
For - [will be] a wreath of favor they for head your and necklaces for neck your.
10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
O son my if they will entice you sinners may not you be willing.
11 If they say: 'Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk for the innocent without cause;
If they will say come! with us let us lie in wait for blood let us lie hidden for an innocent [one] without cause.
12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave, and whole, as those that go down into the pit; (Sheol h7585)
Let us engulf them like Sheol alive and complete like [those who] go down of [the] pit. (Sheol h7585)
13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil;
All wealth prized we will find we will fill houses our plunder.
14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse' —
Lot your you will cast in midst of us a bag one it will belong to all of us.
15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them, restrain thy foot from their path;
O son my may not you walk in [the] way with them restrain foot your from pathway their.
16 For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
For feet their to evil they run and they may make haste to shed blood.
17 For in vain the net is spread in the eyes of any bird;
For in vain [is] spread out the net in [the] eyes of every owner of a wing.
18 And these lie in wait for their own blood, they lurk for their own lives.
And they for own blood their they lie in wait they lie hidden for own life their.
19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; it taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
[are] thus [the] paths of Every [one who] gains unjustly unjust gain [the] life of owners its it will take.
20 Wisdom crieth aloud in the streets, she uttereth her voice in the broad places;
Wisdom in the street it cries aloud in the open places she gives voice her.
21 She calleth at the head of the noisy streets, at the entrances of the gates, in the city, she uttereth her words:
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, ye thoughtless, will ye love thoughtlessness? And how long will scorners delight them in scorning, and 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 Turn you at my reproof; behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
You will turn back to rebuke my here! I will pour out to you spirit my let me declare words my you.
24 Because I have called, and ye refused, I have stretched out my hand, and no man attended,
Because I called and you refused I offered hand my and there not [was] an attentive [one].
25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof;
And you ignored all advice my and rebuke my not you yielded to.
26 I also, in your calamity, will laugh, I will mock when your dread cometh;
Also I at calamity your I will laugh I will mock when comes dread your.
27 When your dread cometh as a storm, and your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; when trouble and distress come upon 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 will they call me, but I will not answer, they will seek me earnestly, but they shall not 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 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD;
Because for they hated knowledge and [the] fear of Yahweh not they chose.
30 They would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof.
Not they yielded to advice my they spurned all rebuke my.
31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
So they may eat from [the] fruit of way their and from own schemes their they will be surfeited.
32 For the waywardness of the thoughtless shall slay them, and the confidence of fools shall destroy them.
For [the] waywardness of naive people it will ruin them and [the] ease of fools it will destroy them.
33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, and shall be quiet without fear of evil.'
And [one who] listens to me he will dwell security and he will be at ease from dread of trouble.

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