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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."

World English Bible WEB

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

2 To know wisdom and instruction; To discern the words of understanding;

3 To receive instruction in wise dealing, In righteousness, justice, and equity;

4 To give prudence to the simple, Knowledge and discretion to the young man:

5 That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; That the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:

6 To understand a proverb, and parables, The words and riddles of the wise.

7 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; But the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

8 My son, listen to your father's instruction, And don't forsake your mother's teaching:

9 For they will be a garland to grace your head, And chains around your neck.

10 My son, if sinners entice you, don't consent.

11 If they say, "Come with us, Let's lay in wait for blood; Let's lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

12 Let's swallow them up alive like Sheol, And whole, like those who go down into the pit.

13 We'll find all valuable wealth. We'll fill our houses with spoil.

14 You shall cast your lot among us. We'll all have one purse."

15 My son, don't walk in the way with them. Keep your foot from their path,

16 For their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.

17 For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird:

18 These lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.

19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy of gain. It takes away the life of its owners.

20 Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares.

21 She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:

22 "How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, And fools hate knowledge?

23 Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you.

24 Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;

25 But you have ignored all my counsel, And wanted none of my reproof;

26 I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you;

27 When calamity overtakes you like a storm, When your disaster comes on like a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come on you.

28 Then will they call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me;

29 Because they hated knowledge, And didn't choose the fear of Yahweh.

30 They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.

31 Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own schemes.

32 For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.

33 But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, And will be at ease, without fear of harm."