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| Proverbs 1:1 | The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: | The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; | The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel: | |
| Proverbs 1:2 | To know wisdom and instruction; To discern the words of understanding; | To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; | To know wisdom and instruction; To discern the words of understanding; | |
| Proverbs 1:3 | To receive instruction in wise dealing, In righteousness and justice and equity; | To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; | To receive instruction in wise dealing, In righteousness, justice, and equity; | |
| Proverbs 1:4 | To give prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion: | To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. | To give prudence to the simple, Knowledge and discretion to the young man: | |
| Proverbs 1:5 | That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels: | A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: | That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; That the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel: | |
| Proverbs 1:6 | To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings. | To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. | To understand a proverb, and parables, The words and riddles of the wise. | |
| Proverbs 1:7 | The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; [But] the foolish despise wisdom and instruction. | The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. | The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; But the foolish despise wisdom and instruction. | |
| Proverbs 1:8 | My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother: | My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: | My son, listen to your father's instruction, And don't forsake your mother's teaching: | |
| Proverbs 1:9 | For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck. | For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. | For they will be a garland to grace your head, And chains around your neck. | |
| Proverbs 1:10 | My son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not. | My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. | My son, if sinners entice you, don't consent. | |
| Proverbs 1:11 | If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause; | If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: | If they say, "Come with us, Let's lay in wait for blood; Let's lurk secretly for the innocent without cause; | |
| Proverbs 1:12 | Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit; | Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: | Let's swallow them up alive like Sheol, And whole, like those who go down into the pit. | |
| Proverbs 1:13 | We shall find all precious substance; We shall fill our houses with spoil; | We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: | We'll find all valuable wealth. We'll fill our houses with spoil. | |
| Proverbs 1:14 | Thou shalt cast thy lot among us; We will all have one purse: | Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: | You shall cast your lot among us. We'll all have one purse." | |
| Proverbs 1:15 | My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path: | My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: | My son, don't walk in the way with them. Keep your foot from their path, | |
| Proverbs 1:16 | For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood. | For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. | For their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood. | |
| Proverbs 1:17 | For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird: | Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. | For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird: | |
| Proverbs 1:18 | And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives. | And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives. | These lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives. | |
| Proverbs 1:19 | So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof. | So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof. | So are the ways of everyone who is greedy of gain. It takes away the life of its owners. | |
| Proverbs 1:20 | Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places; | Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: | Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares. | |
| Proverbs 1:21 | She crieth in the chief place of concourse; At the entrance of the gates, In the city, she uttereth her words: | She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, | She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words: | |
| Proverbs 1:22 | How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge? | How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? | "How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, And fools hate knowledge? | |
| Proverbs 1:23 | Turn you at my reproof: Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you; I will make known my words unto you. | Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. | Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you. | |
| Proverbs 1:24 | Because I have called, and ye have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded; | Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; | Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention; | |
| Proverbs 1:25 | But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof: | But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: | But you have ignored all my counsel, And wanted none of my reproof; | |
| Proverbs 1:26 | I also will laugh in [the day of] your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; | I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; | I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you; | |
| Proverbs 1:27 | When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you. | When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. | When calamity overtakes you like a storm, When your disaster comes on like a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come on you. | |
| Proverbs 1:28 | Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me: | Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: | Then will they call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me; | |
| Proverbs 1:29 | For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah: | For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: | Because they hated knowledge, And didn't choose the fear of Yahweh. | |
| Proverbs 1:30 | They would none of my counsel; They despised all my reproof. | They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. | They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof. | |
| Proverbs 1:31 | Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices. | Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. | Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own schemes. | |
| Proverbs 1:32 | For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them. | For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. | For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them. | |
| Proverbs 1:33 | But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, And shall be quiet without fear of evil. | But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil. | But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, And will be at ease, without fear of harm." | |
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