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 doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth 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 Jehovah [is] a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!
8 Hear, my son, the correction of thy father, and do not reject the instruction of thy mother;
Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave 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.
For a graceful wreath [are] they to thy head, And chains to thy neck.
10 My son, if sinners entice thee, do not consent.
My son, if sinners entice thee be not 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;
Every precious substance we find, We fill our houses [with] spoil,
14 Thy lot, shalt thou cast into our midst, One purse, shall there be, for us all.
Thy lot thou dost cast 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! go not in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path,
16 For, their feet, to mischief, do run, and haste to the shedding of blood.
For their feet to evil do run, And they haste 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 for their own blood lay wait, 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, The life of its owners it taketh.
20 Wisdom, in the open place, soundeth forth, in the broadways, she raiseth her voice;
Wisdom in an out-place crieth aloud, In broad places she giveth forth her voice,
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 the multitudes she calleth, In the openings of the gates, In the city her sayings she saith:
22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and, scoffers, in scoffing, delight them? and, dullards, hate knowledge?
'Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? 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, lo, I pour forth to you my spirit, 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 ye 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 ye slight all my counsel, And my reproof ye have not desired.
26 I also, at your calamity, will laugh, I will mock, when cometh your dread;
I also in your calamity do laugh, I deride when your fear cometh,
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 cometh as destruction, And your calamity as a hurricane doth come, When on you come adversity and distress.
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 find me not.
29 Because they hated knowledge, and, the reverence of Yahweh, did not choose;
Because that they have hated knowledge, And the fear of Jehovah have not chosen.
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 from their own counsels they are filled.
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 slayeth them, And the security of the foolish destroyeth them.
33 Whereas, he that hearkeneth unto me, shall dwell safely, and be at rest, without dread of misfortune.
And whoso is hearkening to me dwelleth confidently, And [is] quiet from fear of evil!'
