Proverbs 1
1 The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, King of Israel:
Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
2 For the knowledge of wisdom and correction, for discerning the sayings of intelligence;
For knowing wisdom and instruction, For understanding sayings of intelligence,
3 For receiving the correction of prudence, righteousness and justice, and equity;
For receiving the instruction of wisdom, Righteousness, judgment, and uprightness,
4 For giving To the simple shrewdness, To the young man, knowledge and discretion.
For giving to simple ones—prudence, To a youth—knowledge and discretion.
5 A wise man, will hear, and will increase learning, and a, discreet man, wise counsels, will acquire,
(The wise hear and increase learning, And the intelligent obtain counsels.)
6 By gaining discernment of proverb, and satire, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
For understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings.
7 The reverence of Yahweh, is the beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and correction, the foolish have despised.
Fear of YHWH [is the] beginning of knowledge, Fools have despised wisdom and instruction!
8 Hear, my son, the correction of thy father, and do not reject the instruction of thy mother;
Hear, my son, the instruction of your father, And do not leave the law of your mother,
9 For, a wreath of beauty, shall they be to thy head, and chains of ornament, to thy neck.
For they [are] a graceful wreath to your head, And chains to your neck.
10 My son, if sinners entice thee, do not consent.
My son, if sinners entice you, do not be willing.
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 say, “Come with us, we lay wait for blood, We watch secretly 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)
We swallow them as Sheol—alive, And whole—as those going down [to] the pit, (Sheol h7585)
13 All costly substance, shall we find, We shall fill our houses with spoil;
We find every precious substance, We fill our houses [with] spoil,
14 Thy lot, shalt thou cast into our midst, One purse, shall there be, for us all.
You cast your lot among us, One purse is—to all of us.”
15 My son, do not walk in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path.
My son! Do not go in the way with them, Withhold your foot from their path,
16 For, their feet, to mischief, do run, and haste to the shedding of blood.
For their feet run to evil, And they hurry to shed blood.
17 Surely, in vain, is spread the net, in the sight of aught that hath wings!
Surely in vain is the net spread out before the eyes of any bird.
18 Yet, they, for their own blood, lie in wait, They watch in secret for their own life.
And they lay wait for their own blood, They watch secretly for their own lives.
19 Such are the ways of every one that graspeth with greed, The life of the owners thereof, it taketh away!
So [are] the paths of every gainer of dishonest gain, It takes the life of its owners.
20 Wisdom, in the open place, soundeth forth, in the broadways, she raiseth her voice;
Wisdom cries aloud in an out-place, She gives forth her voice in broad places,
21 At the head of bustling streets, she crieth aloud, —at the openings of the gates in the city—her sayings, she doth utter: —
She calls at the head of the multitudes, In the openings of the gates, In the city she says her sayings:
22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and, scoffers, in scoffing, delight them? and, dullards, hate knowledge?
“Until when, you simple, do you love simplicity? And have scorners desired their scorning? And do fools 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 back at my reproof, behold, I pour forth my spirit to you, I make known my words with you.
24 Because I called, and ye refused, I stretched out my hand, and no one regarded;
Because I have called, and you refuse, I stretched out my hand, and none is attending,
25 But ye dismissed all my counsel, and, to my rebuke, would not yield,
And you slight all my counsel, And you have not desired my reproof.
26 I also, at your calamity, will laugh, I will mock, when cometh your dread;
I also laugh in your calamity, I deride when your fear comes,
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 your fear comes as destruction, And your calamity comes as a windstorm, When adversity and distress come on you.
28 Then, will they call me, but I will not answer, they will seek me diligently, but shall not find me.
Then they call me, and I do not answer, They seek me earnestly, and do not find me.
29 Because they hated knowledge, and, the reverence of Yahweh, did not choose;
Because that they have hated knowledge, And have not chosen the fear of YHWH.
30 Consented not to my counsel, disdained all my rebuke,
They have not consented to my counsel, They have despised all my reproof,
31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and, with their own counsels, be filled.
And they eat of the fruit of their way, And they are filled from their own counsels.
32 For, the turning away of the simple, will slay them, —and, the carelessness of dullards, will destroy them.
For the turning of the simple slays them, And the security of the foolish destroys them.
33 Whereas, he that hearkeneth unto me, shall dwell safely, and be at rest, without dread of misfortune.
And whoever is listening to me dwells confidently, And [is] quiet from fear of evil!”
