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