Proverbs 1
1 The Proverbs of Solomon son of David, who reigned in Israel;
The Parables of Salomon the sonne of Dauid King of Israel,
2 to know wisdom and instruction, and to perceive words of understanding;
To knowe wisdome, and instruction, to vnderstand ye wordes of knowledge,
3 to receive also hard saying, and to understand true justice, and [how] to direct judgment;
To receiue instruction to do wisely, by iustice and iudgement and equitie,
4 that he might give subtlety to the simple, and to the young man discernment and understanding.
To giue vnto the simple, sharpenesse of wit, and to the childe knowledge and discretion.
5 For by the hearing of these a wise man will be wiser, and man of understanding will gain direction;
A wise man shall heare and increase in learning, and a man of vnderstanding shall attayne vnto wise counsels,
6 and will understand a parable, and a dark speech; the saying of the wise also, and riddles.
To vnderstand a parable, and the interpretation, the wordes of ye wise, and their darke sayings.
7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; and [there is] good understanding to all that practise it: and piety toward God is the beginning of discernment; but the ungodly will set at nothing wisdom and instruction.
The feare of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fooles despise wisedome and instruction.
8 Hear, [my] son, the instruction of your father, and reject not the rules of your mother.
My sonne, heare thy fathers instruction, and forsake not thy mothers teaching.
9 For you shall receive for your head a crown of graces, and a chain of gold round your neck.
For they shalbe a comely ornament vnto thine head, and as chaines for thy necke.
10 [My] son, let not ungodly men lead you astray, neither consent you [to them].
My sonne, if sinners doe intise thee, consent thou not.
11 If they should exhort you, saying, Come with us, partake in blood, and let us unjustly hide the just man in the earth:
If they say, Come with vs, we will lay waite for blood, and lie priuilie for the innocent without a cause:
12 and let us swallow him alive, as Hades [would], and remove the memorial of him from the earth: (Sheol h7585)
We wil swallow them vp aliue like a graue euen whole, as those that goe downe into the pit: (Sheol h7585)
13 let us seize on his valuable property, and let us fill our houses with spoils:
We shall finde all precious riches, and fill our houses with spoyle:
14 but do you cast in your lot with us, and let us all provide a common purse, and let us have one pouch:
Cast in thy lot among vs: we will all haue one purse:
15 go not in the way with them, but turn aside your foot from their paths:
My sonne, walke not thou in the way with them: refraine thy foote from their path.
16 [For their feet run to do evil, and are swift to shed blood. ]
For their feete runne to euill, and make haste to shed blood.
17 for nets are not without cause spread for birds.
Certainely as without cause the net is spred before the eyes of all that hath wing:
18 For they that are concerned in murder store up evils for themselves; and the overthrow of transgressors is evil.
So they lay waite for blood and lie priuily for their liues.
19 These are the ways of all that perform lawless deeds; for by ungodliness they destroy their own life.
Such are the wayes of euery one that is greedy of gaine: he would take away the life of the owners thereof.
20 Wisdom sings aloud in passages, and in the broad places speaks boldly.
Wisdome cryeth without: she vttereth her voyce in the streetes.
21 And she makes proclamation on the top of the walls, and sits by the gates of princes; and at the gates of the city boldly says,
She calleth in the hye streete, among the prease in the entrings of the gates, and vttereth her wordes in the citie, saying,
22 So long as the simple cleave to justice, they shall not be ashamed: but the foolish being lovers of haughtiness, having become ungodly have hated knowledge, and are become subject to reproofs.
O ye foolish, howe long will ye loue foolishnes? and the scornefull take their pleasure in scorning, and the fooles hate knowledge?
23 Behold, I will bring forth to you the utterance of my breath, and I will instruct you in my speech.
(Turne you at my correction: loe, I will powre out my mind vnto you, and make you vnderstand my wordes)
24 Since I called, and you did not listen; and I spoke at length, and you gave no heed;
Because I haue called, and ye refused: I haue stretched out mine hand, and none woulde regarde.
25 but you set at nothing my counsels, and disregarded my reproofs;
But ye haue despised all my counsell, and would none of my correction.
26 therefore I also will laugh at your destruction; and I will rejoice against [you] when ruin comes upon you:
I will also laugh at your destruction, and mocke, when your feare commeth.
27 yes when dismay suddenly comes upon you, and [your] overthrow shall arrive like a tempest; and when tribulation and distress shall come upon you, or when ruin shall come upon you.
Whe your feare cometh like sudden desolation, and your destruction shall come like a whirle wind: whe affliction and anguish shall come vpon you,
28 For it shall be that when you call upon me, I will not listen to you: wicked men shall seek me, but shall not find [me].
Then shall they call vpon me, but I will not answere: they shall seeke me early, but they shall not finde me,
29 For they hated wisdom, and did not choose the word of the Lord:
Because they hated knowledge, and did not chuse the feare of the Lord.
30 neither would they attend to my counsels, but derided my reproofs.
They would none of my counsell, but despised all my correction.
31 Therefore shall they eat the fruits of their own way, and shall be filled with their own ungodliness.
Therefore shall they eate of ye fruite of their owne way, and be filled with their owne deuises.
32 For because they wronged the simple, they shall be slain; and an inquisition shall ruin the ungodly.
For ease slaieth the foolish, and the prosperitie of fooles destroyeth them.
33 But he that hearkens to me shall dwell in confidence, and shall rest securely from all evil.
But he that obeyeth me, shall dwell safely, and be quiet from feare of euill.
