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