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Proverbs 1

New Century Version NCV

1 These are the wise words of Solomon son of David, king of Israel.

2 They teach wisdom and self-control; they will help you understand wise words.

3 They will teach you how to be wise and self-controlled and will teach you to do what is honest and fair and right.

4 They make the uneducated smarter and give knowledge and sense to the young.

5 Wise people can also listen and learn; even smart people can find good advice in these words.

6 Then anyone can understand wise words and stories, the words of the wise and their riddles.

7 Knowledge begins with respect for the Lord, but fools hate wisdom and self-control.

8 My child, listen to your father's teaching and do not forget your mother's advice.

9 Their teaching will be like flowers in your hair or a necklace around your neck.

10 My child, if sinners try to lead you into sin, do not follow them.

11 They will say, "Come with us. Let's ambush and kill someone; let's attack some innocent people just for fun.

12 Let's swallow them alive, as death does; let's swallow them whole, as the grave does.

13 We will take all kinds of valuable things and fill our houses with stolen goods.

14 Come join us, and we will share with you stolen goods."

15 My child, do not go along with them; do not do what they do.

16 They are eager to do evil and are quick to kill.

17 It is useless to spread out a net right where the birds can see it.

18 But sinners will fall into their own traps; they will only catch themselves!

19 All greedy people end up this way; greed kills selfish people.

20 Wisdom is like a woman shouting in the street; she raises her voice in the city squares.

21 She cries out in the noisy street and shouts at the city gates:

22 "You fools, how long will you be foolish? How long will you make fun of wisdom and hate knowledge?

23 If only you had listened when I corrected you, I would have told you what's in my heart; I would have told you what I am thinking.

24 I called, but you refused to listen; I held out my hand, but you paid no attention.

25 You did not follow my advice and did not listen when I corrected you.

26 So I will laugh when you are in trouble. I will make fun when disaster strikes you,

27 when disaster comes over you like a storm, when trouble strikes you like a whirlwind, when pain and trouble overwhelm you.

28 "Then you will call to me, but I will not answer. You will look for me, but you will not find me.

29 It is because you rejected knowledge and did not choose to respect the Lord.

30 You did not accept my advice, and you rejected my correction.

31 So you will get what you deserve; you will get what you planned for others.

32 Fools will die because they refuse to listen; they will be destroyed because they do not care.

33 But those who listen to me will live in safety and be at peace, without fear of injury."

New International Version NIV

1 The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:

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;

13 we will get all sorts of valuable things and fill our houses with plunder;

14 cast lots with us; we will all share the loot”—

15 my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths;

16 for their feet rush into evil, they are swift to shed blood.

17 How useless to spread a net where every bird can see it!

18 These men lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush only themselves!

19 Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the life of those who get it.

20 Out in the open wisdom calls aloud, she raises her voice in the public square;

21 on top of the wall she cries out, at the city gate she makes her speech:

22 “How long will you who are simple love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?

23 Repent at my rebuke! Then I will pour out my thoughts to you, I will make known to you my teachings.

24 But since you refuse to listen when I call and no one pays attention when I stretch out my hand,

25 since you disregard all my advice and do not accept my rebuke,

26 I in turn will laugh when disaster strikes you; I will mock when calamity overtakes you—

27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you.

28 “Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me,

29 since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the LORD.

30 Since they would not accept my advice and spurned my rebuke,

31 they will eat the fruit of their ways and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.

32 For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them;

33 but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm.”