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| Proverbs 1:1 | The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel: | The wise sayings of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel. |
| Proverbs 1:2 | To know wisdom and instruction; To discern the words of understanding; | To have knowledge of wise teaching; to be clear about the words of reason: |
| Proverbs 1:3 | To receive instruction in wise dealing, In righteousness, justice, and equity; | To be trained in the ways of wisdom, in righteousness and judging truly and straight behaviour: |
| Proverbs 1:4 | To give prudence to the simple, Knowledge and discretion to the young man: | To make the simple-minded sharp, and to give the young man knowledge, and serious purpose: |
| Proverbs 1:5 | That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; That the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel: | (The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:) |
| Proverbs 1:6 | To understand a proverb, and parables, The words and riddles of the wise. | To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of 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 the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching. |
| Proverbs 1:8 | My son, listen to your father's instruction, And don't forsake your mother's teaching: | My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother: |
| Proverbs 1:9 | For they will be a garland to grace your head, And chains around your neck. | For they will be a crown of grace for your head, and chain-ornaments about your neck. |
| Proverbs 1:10 | My son, if sinners entice you, don't consent. | My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them. |
| 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 make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, 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 overcome them living, like the underworld, and in their strength, as those who go down to death; |
| Proverbs 1:13 | We'll find all valuable wealth. We'll fill our houses with spoil. | Goods of great price will be ours, our houses will be full of wealth; |
| Proverbs 1:14 | You shall cast your lot among us. We'll all have one purse." | Take your chance with us, and we will all have one money-bag: |
| Proverbs 1:15 | My son, don't walk in the way with them. Keep your foot from their path, | My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways: |
| Proverbs 1:16 | For their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood. | For their feet are running after evil, and they are quick to take a man's life. |
| Proverbs 1:17 | For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird: | Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird: |
| Proverbs 1:18 | These lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives. | And they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves. |
| Proverbs 1:19 | So are the ways of everyone who is greedy of gain. It takes away the life of its owners. | Such is the fate of everyone who goes in search of profit; it takes away the life of its owners. |
| Proverbs 1:20 | Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares. | Wisdom is crying out in the street; her voice is loud in the open places; |
| Proverbs 1:21 | She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words: | Her words are sounding in the meeting-places, and in the doorways of the town: |
| 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, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating 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. | Be turned again by my sharp words: see, I will send the flow of my spirit on you, and make my words clear to 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 your ears were shut to my voice; no one gave attention to my out-stretched hand; |
| Proverbs 1:25 | But you have ignored all my counsel, And wanted none of my reproof; | You were not controlled by my guiding, and would have nothing to do with my sharp words: |
| Proverbs 1:26 | I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you; | So in the day of your trouble I will be laughing; I will make sport of your fear; |
| 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 comes on you like a storm, and your trouble like a rushing wind; when pain and sorrow come on 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 I will give no answer to their cries; searching for me early, they will not see me: |
| Proverbs 1:29 | Because they hated knowledge, And didn't choose the fear of Yahweh. | For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord: |
| Proverbs 1:30 | They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof. | They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them. |
| Proverbs 1:31 | Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own schemes. | So the fruit of their way will be their food, and with the designs of their hearts they will be made full. |
| Proverbs 1:32 | For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them. | For the turning back of the simple from teaching will be the cause of their death, and the peace of the foolish will be their destruction. |
| Proverbs 1:33 | But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, And will be at ease, without fear of harm." | But whoever gives ear to me will take his rest safely, living in peace without fear of evil. |
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