Proverbs 1

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¹ The Proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel:	¹ The parables of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.
² That men may appreciate wisdom and discipline, may understand words of intelligence;	² To know wisdom, and instruction:
³ May receive training in wise conduct, in what is right, just and honest;	³ To understand the words of prudence: and to receive the instruction of doctrine, justice, and judgment, and equity:
⁴ That resourcefulness may be imparted to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.	⁴ To give subtilty to little ones, to the young man knowledge and understanding.
⁵ A wise man by hearing them will advance in learning, an intelligent man will gain sound guidance,	⁵ A wise man shall hear and shall be wiser: and he that understandeth, shall possess governments.
⁶ That he may comprehend proverb and parable, the words of the wise and their riddles.	⁶ He shall understand a parable, and the interpretation, the words of the wise, and their mysterious sayings.
⁷ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; wisdom and instruction fools despise.	⁷ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
⁸ Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and reject not your mother's teaching;	⁸ My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother :
⁹ A graceful diadem will they be for your head; a torque for your neck.	⁹ That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck.
¹⁰ My son, should sinners entice you,	¹⁰ My son, if sinners shall entice thee, consent not to them.
¹¹ and say, "Come along with us! Let us lie in wait for the honest man, let us, unprovoked, set a trap for the innocent;	¹¹ If they shall say: Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us hide snares for the innocent without cause:
¹² Let us swallow them up, as the nether world does, alive, in the prime of life, like those who go down to the pit!	¹² Let us swallow him up alive like hell, and whole as one that goeth down into the pit.
¹³ All kinds of precious wealth shall we gain, we shall fill our houses with booty;	¹³ We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoils.
¹⁴ Cast in your lot with us, we shall all have one purse!"--	¹⁴ Cast in thy lot with us, let us all have one purse.
¹⁵ My son, walk not in the way with them, hold back your foot from their path!	¹⁵ My son, walk not thou with them, restrain thy foot from their paths.
¹⁶ (For their feet run to evil, they hasten to shed blood.)	¹⁶ For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
¹⁷ It is in vain that a net is spread before the eyes of any bird--	¹⁷ But a net is spread in vain before the eyes of them that have wings.
¹⁸ These men lie in wait for their own blood, they set a trap for their own lives.	¹⁸ And they themselves lie in wait for their own blood, and practise deceits against their own souls.
¹⁹ This is the fate of everyone greedy of loot: unlawful gain takes away the life of him who acquires it.	¹⁹ So the wage of every covetous man destroy the souls of the possessors.
²⁰ Wisdom cries aloud in the street, in the open squares she raises her voice;	²⁰ Wisdom preacheth abroad, she uttereth her voice in the streets:
²¹ Down the crowded ways she calls out, at the city gates she utters her words:	²¹ At the head of multitudes she crieth out, in the entrance of the gates of the city she uttereth her words, saying:
²² "How long, you simple ones, will you love inanity,	²² O children, how long will you love childishness, and fools covet those things which are hurtful to themselves, and the unwise hate knowledge?
²³ how long will you turn away at my reproof? Lo! I will pour out to you my spirit, I will acquaint you with my words.	²³ Turn ye at my reproof: behold I will utter my spirit to you, and will shew you my words.
²⁴ "Because I called and you refused, I extended my hand and no one took notice;	²⁴ Because I called, and you refused: I stretched out my hand, and there was none that regarded.
²⁵ Because you disdained all my counsel, and my reproof you ignored--	²⁵ You have despised all my counsel, and have neglected my reprehensions.
²⁶ I, in my turn, will laugh at your doom; I will mock when terror overtakes you;	²⁶ I also will laugh in your destruction, and will mock when that shall come to you which you feared.
²⁷ When terror comes upon you like a storm, and your doom approaches like a whirlwind; when distress and anguish befall you.	²⁷ When sudden calamity shall fall on you, and destruction, as a tempest, shall be at hand: when tribulation and distress shall come upon you:
²⁸ "Then they call me, but I answer not; they seek me, but find me not;	²⁸ Then shall they call upon me, and I will not hear: they shall rise in the morning and shall not find me:
²⁹ Because they hated knowledge, and chose not the fear of the LORD;	²⁹ Because they have hated instruction and received not the fear of the Lord,
³⁰ They ignored my counsel, they spurned all my reproof; And in their arrogance they preferred arrogance, and like fools they hated knowledge:	³⁰ Nor consented to my counsel, but despised all my reproof.
³¹ "Now they must eat the fruit of their own way, and with their own devices be glutted.	³¹ Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and shall be filled with their own devices.
³² For the self-will of the simple kills them, the smugness of fools destroys them.	³² The turning away of little ones shall kill them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
³³ But he who obeys me dwells in security, in peace, without fear of harm."	³³ But he that shall hear me, shall rest without terror, and shall enjoy abundance, without fear of evils.

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