Proverbs 1
1 [the] proverbs of Solomon [the] son of David [the] king of Israel.
The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel:
2 To learn wisdom and discipline to teach words of understanding.
That one may learn wisdom and instruction, And receive words of understanding;
3 To receive correction of insight righteousness and justice and uprightness.
That one may gain the instruction of prudence, Justice, equity, and uprightness;
4 To give to naive people prudence to a youth knowledge and discretion.
Which will give caution to the simple, To the young man wisdom and discretion;
5 Let him listen a prudent [one] and let him increase insight and a discerning [one] wise directions let him get.
Let the wise man hear, and he will increase his knowledge, And the man of understanding will gain wise counsels;
6 To understand a proverb and an enigma [the] words of learned ones and parables their.
So as to understand a proverb and a deep maxim, The words of the wise and their dark sayings.
7 [the] fear of Yahweh [is the] beginning of knowledge wisdom and discipline fools they despise.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8 Listen to O son my [the] correction of father your and may not you reject [the] instruction of mother your.
Hear, O my son! the instruction of thy father, And neglect not the teaching of thy mother!
9 For - [will be] a wreath of favor they for head your and necklaces for neck your.
For they shall be a graceful wreath for thy head, And a chain around thy neck.
10 O son my if they will entice you sinners may not you be willing.
My son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not!
11 If they will say come! with us let us lie in wait for blood let us lie hidden for an innocent [one] without cause.
If they say, “Come with us, Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us lurk secretly for him who is innocent in vain;
12 Let us engulf them like Sheol alive and complete like [those who] go down of [the] pit. (Sheol h7585)
Let us swallow them up alive, like the underworld, Yea, in full health, as those that go down into the pit; (Sheol h7585)
13 All wealth prized we will find we will fill houses our plunder.
We shall find all kinds of precious substance, We shall fill our houses with spoil;
14 Lot your you will cast in midst of us a bag one it will belong to all of us.
Thou shalt cast thy lot among us; We will all have one purse;”—
15 O son my may not you walk in [the] way with them restrain foot your from pathway their.
My son, walk thou not in their way, Refrain thy foot from their path!
16 For feet their to evil they run and they may make haste to shed blood.
For their feet run to evil, And make haste to shed blood.
17 For in vain [is] spread out the net in [the] eyes of every owner of a wing.
For as the net is spread in vain Before the eyes of any bird,
18 And they for own blood their they lie in wait they lie hidden for own life their.
So they lie in wait for their own blood; They lurk secretly for their own lives.
19 [are] thus [the] paths of Every [one who] gains unjustly unjust gain [the] life of owners its it will take.
Such are the ways of every one greedy of unjust gain; It taketh away the life of the possessor thereof.
20 Wisdom in the street it cries aloud in the open places she gives voice her.
Wisdom crieth out in the highway; In the market-place she uttereth her voice;
21 At [the] top of noisy [places] she calls out at [the] entrances of [the] gates in the city sayings her she utters.
At the head of the noisy streets she crieth aloud; At the entrances of the gates, throughout the city, she proclaimeth her words [[saying]]:
22 Until when? - O naive people will you love naivete and mockers mockery do they delight in? themselves and fools will they hate? knowledge.
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? How long will scoffers delight themselves in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?
23 You will turn back to rebuke my here! I will pour out to you spirit my let me declare words my you.
Turn ye at my reproof! Behold, I will pour out my spirit to you; I will make known my words to you!
24 Because I called and you refused I offered hand my and there not [was] an attentive [one].
“Because I have called, and ye have refused, —Because I have stretched out my hand, and no one hath regarded.
25 And you ignored all advice my and rebuke my not you yielded to.
Because ye have rejected all my counsel, And have slighted my rebuke, —
26 Also I at calamity your I will laugh I will mock when comes dread your.
I also will laugh at your calamity, I will mock when your fear cometh;
27 When comes (like devastation *Q(K)*) dread your and calamity your like a storm-wind it will arrive when comes on you trouble and distress.
When your fear cometh upon you like a storm. And destruction overtaketh you like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.
28 Then they will call to me and not I will answer they will earnestly seek me and not they will find me.
Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer! They will seek me early, But they shall not find me!
29 Because for they hated knowledge and [the] fear of Yahweh not they chose.
Because they have hated knowledge, And have not chosen the fear of the LORD, —
30 Not they yielded to advice my they spurned all rebuke my.
Because they would not attend to my counsel, And have despised all my reproof, —
31 So they may eat from [the] fruit of way their and from own schemes their they will be surfeited.
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled to the full with their own devices;
32 For [the] waywardness of naive people it will ruin them and [the] ease of fools it will destroy them.
Yea, the turning away of the simple shall slay them, And the carelessness of fools shall destroy them.
33 And [one who] listens to me he will dwell security and he will be at ease from dread of trouble.
But whoso hearkeneth to me shall dwell securely, And shall not be disquieted with the fear of evil.”
