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1 : 1 The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:
1 : 2 for attaining wisdom and discipline; for understanding words of insight;
1 : 3 for acquiring a disciplined and prudent life, doing what is right and just and fair;
1 : 4 for giving prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young-
1 : 5 let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance-
1 : 6 for understanding proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.
1 : 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
1 : 8 Listen, my son, to your father`s instruction and do not forsake your mother`s teaching.
1 : 9 They will be a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.
1 : 10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not give in to them.
1 : 11 If they say, "Come along with us; let`s lie in wait for someone`s blood, let`s waylay some harmless soul;
1 : 12 let`s swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
1 : 13 we will get all sorts of valuable things and fill our houses with plunder;
1 : 14 throw in your lot with us, and we will share a common purse"-
1 : 15 my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths;
1 : 16 for their feet rush into sin, they are swift to shed blood.
1 : 17 How useless to spread a net in full view of all the birds!
1 : 18 These men lie in wait for their own blood; they waylay only themselves!
1 : 19 Such is the end of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the lives of those who get it.
1 : 20 Wisdom calls aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the public squares;
1 : 21 at the head of the noisy streets she cries out, in the gateways of the city she makes her speech:
1 : 22 How long will you simple ones love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
1 : 23 If you had responded to my rebuke, I would have poured out my heart to you and made my thoughts known to you.
1 : 24 But since you rejected me when I called and no one gave heed when I stretched out my hand,
1 : 25 since you ignored all my advice and would not accept my rebuke,
1 : 26 I in turn will laugh at your disaster; I will mock when calamity overtakes you-
1 : 27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you.
1 : 28 Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me.
1 : 29 Since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the LORD,
1 : 30 since they would not accept my advice and spurned my rebuke,
1 : 31 they will eat the fruit of their ways and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.
1 : 32 For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them;
1 : 33 but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm."