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1 : 1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
1 : 2 To know wisdom and instruction, To discern the sayings of understanding,
1 : 3 To receive instruction in wise behavior, Righteousness, justice and equity;
1 : 4 To give prudence to the naive, To the youth knowledge and discretion,
1 : 5 A wise man will hear and increase in learning, And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel,
1 : 6 To understand a proverb and a figure, The words of the wise and their riddles.
1 : 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
1 : 8 Hear, my son, your father`s instruction And do not forsake your mother`s teaching;
1 : 9 Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head And ornaments about your neck.
1 : 10 My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent.
1 : 11 If they say, "Come with us, Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us ambush the innocent without cause;
1 : 12 Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, Even whole, as those who go down to the pit;
1 : 13 We will find all kinds of precious wealth, We will fill our houses with spoil;
1 : 14 Throw in your lot with us, We shall all have one purse,"
1 : 15 My son, do not walk in the way with them Keep your feet from their path,
1 : 16 For their feet run to evil And they hasten to shed blood.
1 : 17 Indeed, it is useless to spread the baited net In the sight of any bird;
1 : 18 But they lie in wait for their own blood; They ambush their own lives.
1 : 19 So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence; It takes away the life of its possessors.
1 : 20 Wisdom shouts in the street, She lifts her voice in the square;
1 : 21 At the head of the noisy streets she cries out; At the entrance of the gates in the city she utters her sayings:
1 : 22 How long, O naive ones, will you love being simple-minded? And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing And fools hate knowledge?
1 : 23 Turn to my reproof, Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.
1 : 24 Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention;
1 : 25 And you neglected all my counsel And did not want my reproof;
1 : 26 I will also laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your dread comes,
1 : 27 When your dread comes like a storm And your calamity comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.
1 : 28 Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently but they will not find me,
1 : 29 Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the LORD.
1 : 30 They would not accept my counsel, They spurned all my reproof.
1 : 31 So they shall eat of the fruit of their own way And be satiated with their own devices.
1 : 32 For the waywardness of the naive will kill them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them.
1 : 33 But he who listens to me shall live securely And will be at ease from the dread of evil.