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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 perceive 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 the instruction of wisdom, justice, judgment, 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 subtlety to the simple, and 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 A wise man will hear and will increase learning, and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsel
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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 the interpretation, 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 the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools 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 an ornament 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 lie in 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 the grave, and whole, as those that go down to 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 much 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 cast in thy lot among us, let us 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; restrain 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 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 Surely in vain the net is 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 they lie in 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 for gain, which 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 without; she uttereth her voice in the streets.
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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 places of concourse, in the openings of the gates; in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
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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 to be simple, and the scorners delight in their scorning, 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 unto 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 refused, I have stretched out my hand and no man heeded,
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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 have 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 at 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 desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind, when distress and anguish cometh 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 shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, 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 because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD.
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29 Since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the LORD,
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30 They would have none of my counsel, and 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 ways, 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 turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity 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 safely, and shall have quiet from 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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