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1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
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1 The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:
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2 To know wisdom and instruction; To discern the words of understanding;
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2 for attaining wisdom and discipline; for understanding words of insight;
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3 To receive instruction in wise dealing, In righteousness and justice and equity;
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3 for acquiring a disciplined and prudent life, doing what is right and just and fair;
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4 To give prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion:
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4 for giving prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young--
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5 That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:
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5 let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance--
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6 To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
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6 for understanding proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.
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7 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; [But] the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
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7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
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8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
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8 Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
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9 For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.
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9 They will be a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.
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10 My son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not.
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10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not give in to them.
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11 If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;
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11 If they say, "Come along with us; let's lie in wait for someone's blood, let's waylay some harmless soul;
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12 Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit;
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12 let's swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
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13 We shall find all precious substance; We shall fill our houses with spoil;
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13 we will get all sorts of valuable things and fill our houses with plunder;
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14 Thou shalt cast thy lot among us; We will all have one purse:
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14 throw in your lot with us, and we will share a common purse"--
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15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:
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15 my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths;
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16 For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.
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16 for their feet rush into sin, they are swift to shed blood.
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17 For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:
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17 How useless to spread a net in full view of all the birds!
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18 And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.
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18 These men lie in wait for their own blood; they waylay only themselves!
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19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
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19 Such is the end of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the lives of those who get it.
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20 Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places;
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20 Wisdom calls aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the public squares;
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21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse; At the entrance of the gates, In the city, she uttereth her words:
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21 at the head of the noisy streets she cries out, in the gateways of the city she makes her speech:
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22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?
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22 "How long will you simple ones love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
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23 Turn you at my reproof: Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you; I will make known my words unto you.
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23 If you had responded to my rebuke, I would have poured out my heart to you and made my thoughts known to you.
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24 Because I have called, and ye have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded;
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24 But since you rejected me when I called and no one gave heed when I stretched out my hand,
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25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof:
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25 since you ignored all my advice and would not accept my rebuke,
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26 I also will laugh in [the day of] your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
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26 I in turn will laugh at your disaster; I will mock when calamity overtakes you--
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27 When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you.
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27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you.
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28 Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:
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28 "Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me.
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29 For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah:
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29 Since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the LORD,
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30 They would none of my counsel; They despised all my reproof.
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30 since they would not accept my advice and spurned my rebuke,
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31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices.
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31 they will eat the fruit of their ways and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.
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32 For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.
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32 For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them;
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33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, And shall be quiet without fear of evil.
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33 but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm."
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