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1
The
proverbs
of
Solomon
the
son
of
David,
king
of
Israel;
2
To
know
wisdom
and
instruction;
to
perceive
the
words
of
understanding;
3
To
receive
the
instruction
of
wisdom
,
justice,
and
judgment,
and
equity;
[a]
4
To
give
subtilty
to the
simple,
to the young
man
knowledge
and
discretion.
[b]
5
A
wise
man will
hear
, and will
increase
learning;
and a man of
understanding
shall
attain
unto wise
counsels:
6
To
understand
a
proverb,
and the
interpretation;
[c]
the
words
of the
wise,
and their dark
sayings.
7
The
fear
of the
LORD
is the
beginning
[d]
of
knowledge:
but
fools
despise
wisdom
and
instruction.
8
My
son,
hear
the
instruction
of thy
father,
and
forsake
not the
law
of thy
mother:
9
For they shall be an
ornament
of
grace
unto thy
head,
and
chains
[e]
about thy
neck.
10
My
son,
if
sinners
entice
thee,
consent
thou not.
11
If they
say
,
Come
with us, let us lay
wait
for
blood,
let us
lurk
privily for the
innocent
without
cause:
12
Let us swallow them
up
alive
as the
grave;
and
whole,
as those that go
down
into the
pit:
13
We shall
find
all
precious
substance,
we shall
fill
our
houses
with
spoil:
14
Cast
in thy
lot
among
us; let us all have
one
purse:
15
My
son,
walk
not thou in the
way
with them;
refrain
thy
foot
from their
path:
16
For their
feet
run
to
evil,
and make
haste
to
shed
blood.
17
Surely in
vain
the
net
is
spread
in the
sight
of any
bird
*
.
18
And they lay
wait
for their own
blood;
they lurk
privily
for their own
lives.
19
So are the
ways
of every one that is
greedy
of
gain;
which taketh
away
the
life
of the
owners
thereof.
20
Wisdom
[f]
crieth
without;
she
uttereth
her
voice
in the
streets:
21
She
crieth
in the chief
place
of
concourse
, in the
openings
of the
gates:
in the
city
she
uttereth
her
words,
saying,
22
How long, ye simple
ones,
will ye
love
simplicity?
and the
scorners
delight
in their
scorning,
and
fools
hate
knowledge?
23
Turn
you at my
reproof:
behold, I will pour
out
my
spirit
unto you, I will make
known
my
words
unto you.
24
Because I have
called
, and ye
refused
; I have stretched
out
my
hand,
and no man
regarded
;
25
But ye have set at
nought
all my
counsel,
and
would
none of my
reproof:
26
I also will
laugh
at your
calamity;
I will
mock
when your
fear
cometh
;
27
When your
fear
cometh
as
desolation
*
, and your
destruction
cometh
as a
whirlwind;
when
distress
and
anguish
cometh
upon you.
28
Then shall they
call
upon me, but I will not
answer
; they shall seek me
early
, but they shall not
find
me:
29
For that they
hated
knowledge,
and did not
choose
the
fear
of the
LORD:
30
They
would
none of my
counsel:
they
despised
all my
reproof.
31
Therefore shall they
eat
of the
fruit
of their own
way,
and be
filled
with their own
devices.
32
For the turning
away
of the
simple
shall
slay
them, and the
prosperity
of
fools
shall
destroy
them.
33
But whoso
hearkeneth
unto me shall
dwell
safely,
and shall be
quiet
from
fear
of
evil.
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Footnotes
6
[a].
equity: Heb. equities
[b].
discretion: or, advisement
[c].
the interpretation: or, an eloquent speech
[d].
the beginning: or, the principal part
[e].
an...: Heb. an adding
[f].
Wisdom: Heb. Wisdoms, that is, Excellent wisdom
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