1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
lea'r.fIy .$,l,m#st04428 diw'D -n,b h{m{l.v#st08010 yel.vim
2
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
h'nyib yer.mia#st0561 !yib'h.l r's.Wm.W#st04148 h'm.k'x t;[;d'l
3
To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
~yir'vyem.W#st04339 j'P.vim.W#st04941 q,d,c#st06664 leK.f;h r;s.Wm t;x;q'l
4
To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
h'Miz.m.W#st04209 t;[;D#st01847 r;[;n.l#st05288 h'm.r'[ ~Iya't.pil tet'l
5
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
tw{lUB.x;T !w{b'n.w x;q,l @,sw{y.w ~'k'x#st02450 [;m.vIy ? h,n.qIy
6
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
~'t{dyix.w ~yim'k]x ]yer.biD#st01697 h'cyil.m.W#st04426 l'v'm !yib'h.l
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The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
r's.Wm.W#st04148 h'm.k'x#st02451 t;['D#st01847 tyivaer#st07225 h'wh.y#st03068 t;a.rIy#st03374 ? .Wz'B ~yilyiw/a
8
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
t;rw{T v{JiT -l;a.w '$yib'a#st01 r;s.Wm#st04148 yin.B [;m.v ? '$,Mia
9
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
'$y,t{r.G.r;g.l ~yiq'n][;w '$,va{r.l#st07218 ~eh !ex t;y.wil yiK
10
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
aeb{T -l;a ~yia'J;x '$.WT;p.y -mia yin.B
11
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
h'n.P.cin ~'d.l#st01818 h'b.r,a,n .Wn'Tia h'k.l .Wr.ma{y -mia ? ~'Nix#st02600 yiq'n.l
12
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
yed.rw{y.K ~yimyim.t.W ~yiY;x lw{a.viK#st07585 ~e['l.bin ? rw{b
13
We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
l'l'v#st07998 .WnyeT'b#st01004 aeL;m.n a'c.min r'q'y !w{h -l'K
14
Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
h,y.hIy d'x,a#st0259 syiK .Wnekw{t.B lyiP;T '$.l'rw{G ? .Wn'LUk.l
15
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
~'t'byit.Nim '$.l.g;r#st07272 [;n.m ~'Tia .$,r,d.B .$eleT -l;a yin.B
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For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
~'D -.k'P.vil .Wr]h;myiw .Wc.Wr'y [;r'l#st07451 ~,hyel.g;r yiK
17
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird*.
]l;[;B#st01167 -l'k yenye[.B t,v'r'h h'r{z.m ~'Nix -yiK ? @'n'K
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And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
~'t{v.p;n.l .Wn.P.cIy .Wb{r/a,y ~'m'd.l ~eh.w
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So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
wy'l'[.B#st01167 v,p,n#st05315 -t,a [;c'B ;[ec{B -l'K tw{x.r'a#st0734 !eK ? x'QIy
20
Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
H'lw{q !eTiT tw{b{x.r'B h'N{r'T #.Wx;B tw{m.k'x
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She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
ryi['B#st05892 ~yir'[.v#st08179 yex.tip.B#st06607 a'r.qiT tw{Yim{h va{r.B ? rema{t 'hy,r'm]a
22
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
!w{c'l ~yicel.w yit,p#st06612 .Wb]hea.T ~Iy't.P#st06612 y;t'm -d;[ ? t;['d -.Wa.n.fIy ~yilyis.k.W#st03684 ~,h'l .Wd.m'x
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Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
yix.Wr ~,k'l h'[yiB;a heNih yiT.x;kw{t.l#st08433 .Wb.Wv'T ? ~,k.t,a y;r'b.d h'[yidw{a
24
Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
!yea.w yid'y yityij'n .Wnea'm.T;w yita'r'q !;[;y ? byiv.q;m
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But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
~,tyib]a a{l yiT.x;kw{t.w#st08433 yit'c][ -l'k .W[.r.piT;w
26
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
~,k.D.x;p a{b.B g;[.l,a q'x.f,a ~,k.dyea.B yin]a -m;G
27
When your fear cometh as desolation*, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
h,t/a,y h'p.Ws.K#st05492 ~,k.dyea.w#st0343 ~,k.D.x;P#st06343 h'w]a;v.k a{b.B ? h'q.Wc.w#st06695 h'r'c ~,kyel][ a{b.B
28
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
a{l.w yin.nUr]x;v.y h,n/[,a a{l.w yin.nUa'r.qIy z'a ? yin.nUa'c.mIy
29
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
a{l h'w{h.y#st03068 t;a.rIy.w#st03374 t;['d#st01847 .Wa.n'f -yiK t;x;T ? .Wr'x'b
30
They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
yiT.x;kw{T -l'K .Wc]a'n yit'c][;l .Wb'a -a{l
31
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
.W['B.fIy ~,hyet{c][{Mim.W ~'K.r;d yir.Pim .Wl.ka{y.w
32
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
~yilyis.K#st03684 t;w.l;v.w#st07962 ~eg.r;h;T ~Iy't.P#st06612 t;b.Wv.m#st04878 yiK ? ~ed.B;a.T
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But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
h'['r#st07451 d;x;Pim#st06343 !;n]a;v.w x;j,B -n'K.vIy yil ;[em{v.w
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