Proverbs 1
1 The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, King of Israel:
The parables of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.
2 For the knowledge of wisdom and correction, for discerning the sayings of intelligence;
To know wisdom, and instruction:
3 For receiving the correction of prudence, righteousness and justice, and equity;
To understand the words of prudence: and to receive the instruction of doctrine, justice, and judgment, and equity:
4 For giving To the simple shrewdness, To the young man, knowledge and discretion.
To give subtilty to little ones, to the young man knowledge and understanding.
5 A wise man, will hear, and will increase learning, and a, discreet man, wise counsels, will acquire,
A wise man shall hear and shall be wiser: and he that understandeth, shall possess governments.
6 By gaining discernment of proverb, and satire, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
He shall understand a parable, and the interpretation, the words of the wise, and their mysterious sayings.
7 The reverence of Yahweh, is the beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and correction, the foolish have despised.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8 Hear, my son, the correction of thy father, and do not reject the instruction of thy mother;
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
9 For, a wreath of beauty, shall they be to thy head, and chains of ornament, to thy neck.
That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck.
10 My son, if sinners entice thee, do not consent.
My son, if sinners shall entice thee, consent not to them.
11 If they say—Come with us, —Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us watch in secret for him who is needlessly innocent;
If they shall say: Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us hide snares for the innocent without cause:
12 Let us engulf them, like hades, alive, While in health, like them who are going down to 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 All costly substance, shall we find, We shall fill our houses with spoil;
We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoils.
14 Thy lot, shalt thou cast into our midst, One purse, shall there be, for us all.
Cast in thy lot with us, let us all have one purse.
15 My son, do not walk in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path.
My son, walk not thou with them, restrain thy foot from their paths.
16 For, their feet, to mischief, do run, and haste to the shedding of blood.
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
17 Surely, in vain, is spread the net, in the sight of aught that hath wings!
But a net is spread in vain before the eyes of them that have wings.
18 Yet, they, for their own blood, lie in wait, They watch in secret for their own life.
And they themselves lie in wait for their own blood, and practise deceits against their own souls.
19 Such are the ways of every one that graspeth with greed, The life of the owners thereof, it taketh away!
So the wage of every covetous man destroy the souls of the possessors.
20 Wisdom, in the open place, soundeth forth, in the broadways, she raiseth her voice;
Wisdom preacheth abroad, she uttereth her voice in the streets:
21 At the head of bustling streets, she crieth aloud, —at the openings of the gates in the city—her sayings, she doth utter: —
At the head of multitudes she crieth out, in the entrance of the gates of the city she uttereth her words, saying:
22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and, scoffers, in scoffing, delight them? and, dullards, 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 Will ye turn, at my reproof? Lo! I will pour out to you my spirit, I will make known my words to you.
Turn ye at my reproof: behold I will utter my spirit to you, and will shew you my words.
24 Because I called, and ye refused, I stretched out my hand, and no one regarded;
Because I called, and you refused: I stretched out my hand, and there was none that regarded.
25 But ye dismissed all my counsel, and, to my rebuke, would not yield,
You have despised all my counsel, and have neglected my reprehensions.
26 I also, at your calamity, will laugh, I will mock, when cometh your dread;
I also will laugh in your destruction, and will mock when that shall come to you which you feared.
27 When cometh as a crashing your dread, and, your calamity, as a storm-wind, overtaketh, when there come upon you, distress and anguish.
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, will they call me, but I will not answer, they will seek me diligently, but shall not find 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, the reverence of Yahweh, did not choose;
Because they have hated instruction and received not the fear of the Lord,
30 Consented not to my counsel, disdained all my rebuke,
Nor consented to my counsel, but despised all my reproof.
31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and, with their own counsels, be filled.
Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and shall be filled with their own devices.
32 For, the turning away of the simple, will slay them, —and, the carelessness of dullards, will destroy them.
The turning away of little ones shall kill them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
33 Whereas, he that hearkeneth unto me, shall dwell safely, and be at rest, without dread of misfortune.
But he that shall hear me, shall rest without terror, and shall enjoy abundance, without fear of evils.
