Proverbs 1
1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, the king of Israel:
The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, King of Israel:
2 To know wisdom and instruction; to comprehend the sayings of understanding;
For the knowledge of wisdom and correction, for discerning the sayings of intelligence;
3 To accept the instruction of intelligence, righteousness, and justice, and equity;
For receiving the correction of prudence, righteousness and justice, and equity;
4 To give to the simple prudence, to the youth knowledge and discretion.
For giving To the simple shrewdness, To the young man, knowledge and discretion.
5 The wise will hear, and will increase [his] information; and the man of understanding will obtain wise counsels:
A wise man, will hear, and will increase learning, and a, discreet man, wise counsels, will acquire,
6 To understand a proverb, and a sage sentence; the words of the wise, and their riddles.
By gaining discernment of proverb, and satire, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: wisdom and instruction fools [alone] despise.
The reverence of Yahweh, is the beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and correction, the foolish have despised.
8 Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and cast not off the teaching of thy mother;
Hear, my son, the correction of thy father, and do not reject the instruction of thy mother;
9 For a wreath of grace are they unto thy head, and chains for thy throat.
For, a wreath of beauty, shall they be to thy head, and chains of ornament, to thy neck.
10 My son, if sinners wish to entice thee, consent thou not.
My son, if sinners entice thee, do not consent.
11 If they should say, Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us watch in concealment for the uselessly innocent;
If they say—Come with us, —Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us watch in secret for him who is needlessly innocent;
12 We will swallow them up like the grave alive; and the men of integrity, as those that go down into the pit; (Sheol h7585)
Let us engulf them, like hades, alive, While in health, like them who are going down to the pit; (Sheol h7585)
13 We shall find all [kinds of] precious wealth, we will fill our houses with booty;
All costly substance, shall we find, We shall fill our houses with spoil;
14 Thy lot must thou cast in our midst; one purse shall be for us all:
Thy lot, shalt thou cast into our midst, One purse, shall there be, for us all.
15 My son, walk not thou on the way with them; withhold thy foot from their path;
My son, do not walk in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path.
16 For their feet run after evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
For, their feet, to mischief, do run, and haste to the shedding of blood.
17 For uselessly is the net spread out before the eyes of every winged bird:
Surely, in vain, is spread the net, in the sight of aught that hath wings!
18 While they lie in wait for their [own] blood; they watch in concealment for their [own] lives.
Yet, they, for their own blood, lie in wait, They watch in secret for their own life.
19 So are the paths of every one that is greedy after [unlawful] gain; it taketh away the life of those that own it.
Such are the ways of every one that graspeth with greed, The life of the owners thereof, it taketh away!
20 Wisdom crieth loudly without; in the public places she uttereth her voice;
Wisdom, in the open place, soundeth forth, in the broadways, she raiseth her voice;
21 At the corner of noisy streets she calleth, at the entrances of gates; in the city she sayeth her speeches:
At the head of bustling streets, she crieth aloud, —at the openings of the gates in the city—her sayings, she doth utter: —
22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners take their delight in scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and, scoffers, in scoffing, delight them? and, dullards, hate knowledge?
23 Turn back to my admonition: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
Will ye turn, at my reproof? Lo! I will pour out to you my spirit, I will make known my words to you.
24 Whereas I called, and ye refused; I stretched out my hand, and no man was attentive;
Because I called, and ye refused, I stretched out my hand, and no one regarded;
25 And ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would not accept my admonition:
But ye dismissed all my counsel, and, to my rebuke, would not yield,
26 [Therefore] I also will truly laugh at your calamity; I will deride [you] when your terror cometh;
I also, at your calamity, will laugh, I will mock, when cometh your dread;
27 When your terror cometh like the tempest-cloud, and your calamity hasteneth like a whirlwind; when there come upon you distress and affliction.
When cometh as a crashing your dread, and, your calamity, as a storm-wind, overtaketh, when there come upon you, distress and anguish.
28 Then will they call me, but I will not answer; they will seek me earnestly, but they shall not find me;
Then, will they call me, but I will not answer, they will seek me diligently, but shall not find me.
29 For the reason that they hated knowledge, and the fear of the Lord they did not choose;
Because they hated knowledge, and, the reverence of Yahweh, did not choose;
30 [That] they would not attend to my counsel: [that] they rejected all my admonition.
Consented not to my counsel, disdained all my rebuke,
31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and from their own counsels shall they be satisfied.
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and, with their own counsels, be filled.
32 For the defection of the simple will slay them, and the prosperity of fools will cause them to be lost.
For, the turning away of the simple, will slay them, —and, the carelessness of dullards, will destroy them.
33 But he that hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be at rest from the dread of evil.
Whereas, he that hearkeneth unto me, shall dwell safely, and be at rest, without dread of misfortune.
