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Proverbs 1:2-12

The Message Bible MSG

2 Written down so we'll know how to live well and right, to understand what life means and where it's going;

3 A manual for living, for learning what's right and just and fair;

4 To teach the inexperienced the ropes and give our young people a grasp on reality.

5 There's something here also for seasoned men and women,

6 still a thing or two for the experienced to learn - Fresh wisdom to probe and penetrate, the rhymes and reasons of wise men and women. Start with God

7 Start with God - the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.

8 Pay close attention, friend, to what your father tells you; never forget what you learned at your mother's knee.

9 Wear their counsel like flowers in your hair, like rings on your fingers.

10 Dear friend, if bad companions tempt you, don't go along with them.

11 If they say - "Let's go out and raise some hell. Let's beat up some old man, mug some old woman.

12 Let's pick them clean and get them ready for their funerals.

New International Version NIV

2 for gaining wisdom and instruction; for understanding words of insight;

3 for receiving instruction in prudent behavior, doing what is right and just and fair;

4 for giving prudence to those who are simple,knowledge and discretion to the young—

5 let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance—

6 for understanding proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.

7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

8 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

9 They are a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.

10 My son, if sinful men entice you, do not give in to them.

11 If they say, “Come along with us; let’s lie in wait for innocent blood, let’s ambush some harmless soul;

12 let’s swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;