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Prov 1:1

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

Prov 1:2

& To know wisdom and instruction, To discern the sayings of understanding,

Prov 1:3

& To receive instruction in wise behavior, Righteousness, justice and equity;

Prov 1:4

& To give prudence to the naive, To the youth knowledge and discretion,

Prov 1:5

& A wise man will hear and increase in learning, And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel,

Prov 1:6

& To understand a proverb and a figure, The words of the wise and their riddles.

Prov 1:7

& The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Prov 1:8

& Hear, my son, your father's instruction And do not forsake your mother's teaching;

Prov 1:9

& Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head And ornaments about your neck.

Prov 1:10

& My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent.

Prov 1:11

& If they say, "Come with us, Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us ambush the innocent without cause;

Prov 1:12

& Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, Even whole, as those who go down to the pit;

Prov 1:13

& We will find all {kinds} of precious wealth, We will fill our houses with spoil;

Prov 1:14

& Throw in your lot with us, We shall all have one purse,"

Prov 1:15

& My son, do not walk in the way with them. Keep your feet from their path,

Prov 1:16

& For their feet run to evil And they hasten to shed blood.

Prov 1:17

& Indeed, it is useless to spread the {baited} net In the sight of any bird;

Prov 1:18

& But they lie in wait for their own blood; They ambush their own lives.

Prov 1:19

& So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence; It takes away the life of its possessors.

Prov 1:20

& Wisdom shouts in the street, She lifts her voice in the square;

Prov 1:21

& At the head of the noisy {streets} she cries out; At the entrance of the gates in the city she utters her sayings:

Prov 1:22

& "How long, O naive ones, will you love being simple-minded? And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing And fools hate knowledge?

Prov 1:23

& "Turn to my reproof, Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.

Prov 1:24

& "Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention;

Prov 1:25

& And you neglected all my counsel And did not want my reproof;

Prov 1:26

& I will also laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your dread comes,

Prov 1:27

& When your dread comes like a storm And your calamity comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.

Prov 1:28

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

Prov 1:29

& Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the LORD.

Prov 1:30

& "They would not accept my counsel, They spurned all my reproof.

Prov 1:31

& "So they shall eat of the fruit of their own way And be satiated with their own devices.

Prov 1:32

& "For the waywardness of the naive will kill them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Prov 1:33

& "But he who listens to me shall live securely And will be at ease from the dread of evil."

Proverbs 1

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