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Proverbs 1

The Message Bible MSG

1 These are the wise sayings of Solomon, David's son, Israel's king -

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.

13 We'll load up on top-quality loot. We'll haul it home by the truckload.

14 Join us for the time of your life! With us, it's share and share alike!" -

15 Oh, friend, don't give them a second look; don't listen to them for a minute.

16 They're racing to a very bad end, hurrying to ruin everything they lay hands on.

17 Nobody robs a bank with everyone watching,

18 Yet that's what these people are doing - they're doing themselves in.

19 When you grab all you can get, that's what happens: the more you get, the less you are. Lady Wisdom

20 Lady Wisdom goes out in the street and shouts. At the town center she makes her speech.

21 In the middle of the traffic she takes her stand. At the busiest corner she calls out:

22 "Simpletons! How long will you wallow in ignorance? Cynics! How long will you feed your cynicism? Idiots! How long will you refuse to learn?

23 About face! I can revise your life. Look, I'm ready to pour out my spirit on you; I'm ready to tell you all I know.

24 As it is, I've called, but you've turned a deaf ear; I've reached out to you, but you've ignored me.

25 "Since you laugh at my counsel and make a joke of my advice,

26 How can I take you seriously? I'll turn the tables and joke about your troubles!

27 What if the roof falls in, and your whole life goes to pieces? What if catastrophe strikes and there's nothing to show for your life but rubble and ashes?

28 You'll need me then. You'll call for me, but don't expect an answer. No matter how hard you look, you won't find me.

29 "Because you hated Knowledge and had nothing to do with the Fear-of-God,

30 Because you wouldn't take my advice and brushed aside all my offers to train you,

31 Well, you've made your bed - now lie in it; you wanted your own way - now, how do you like it?

32 Don't you see what happens, you simpletons, you idiots? Carelessness kills; complacency is murder.

33 First pay attention to me, and then relax. Now you can take it easy - you're in good hands."

The Latin Vulgate VUL

1 parabolae Salomonis filii David regis Israhel

2 ad sciendam sapientiam et disciplinam

3 ad intellegenda verba prudentiae et suscipiendam eruditionem doctrinae iustitiam et iudicium et aequitatem

4 ut detur parvulis astutia adulescenti scientia et intellectus

5 audiens sapiens sapientior erit et intellegens gubernacula possidebit

6 animadvertet parabolam et interpretationem verba sapientium et enigmata eorum

7 timor Domini principium scientiae sapientiam atque doctrinam stulti despiciunt

8 audi fili mi disciplinam patris tui et ne dimittas legem matris tuae

9 ut addatur gratia capiti tuo et torques collo tuo

10 fili mi si te lactaverint peccatores ne adquiescas

11 si dixerint veni nobiscum insidiemur sanguini abscondamus tendiculas contra insontem frustra

12 degluttiamus eum sicut infernus viventem et integrum quasi descendentem in lacum

13 omnem pretiosam substantiam repperiemus implebimus domos nostras spoliis

14 sortem mitte nobiscum marsuppium unum sit omnium nostrum

15 fili mi ne ambules cum eis prohibe pedem tuum a semitis eorum

16 pedes enim illorum ad malum currunt et festinant ut effundant sanguinem

17 frustra autem iacitur rete ante oculos pinnatorum

18 ipsique contra sanguinem suum insidiantur et moliuntur fraudes contra animas suas

19 sic semitae omnis avari animas possidentium rapiunt

20 sapientia foris praedicat in plateis dat vocem suam

21 in capite turbarum clamitat in foribus portarum urbis profert verba sua dicens

22 usquequo parvuli diligitis infantiam et stulti ea quae sibi sunt noxia cupiunt et inprudentes odibunt scientiam

23 convertimini ad correptionem meam en proferam vobis spiritum meum et ostendam verba mea

24 quia vocavi et rennuistis extendi manum meam et non fuit qui aspiceret

25 despexistis omne consilium meum et increpationes meas neglexistis

26 ego quoque in interitu vestro ridebo et subsannabo cum vobis quod timebatis advenerit

27 cum inruerit repentina calamitas et interitus quasi tempestas ingruerit quando venerit super vos tribulatio et angustia

28 tunc invocabunt me et non exaudiam mane consurgent et non invenient me

29 eo quod exosam habuerint disciplinam et timorem Domini non susceperint

30 nec adquieverint consilio meo et detraxerint universae correptioni meae

31 comedent igitur fructus viae suae suisque consiliis saturabuntur

32 aversio parvulorum interficiet eos et prosperitas stultorum perdet illos

33 qui autem me audierit absque terrore requiescet et abundantia perfruetur malorum timore sublato