Proverbs 1
1The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:H4912H8010H1121H1732H4428H34782To know wisdom and instruction, To perceive the words of understanding,H3045H2451H4148H995H561H9983To receive the instruction of wisdom, Justice, judgment, and equity;H3947H4148H7919H6664H4941H43394To give prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion—H5414H6195H6612H5288H1847H42095A wise man will hear and increase learning, And a man of understanding will attain wise counsel,H2450H8085H3254H3948H995H7069H84586To understand a proverb and an enigma, The words of the wise and their riddles.H995H4912H4426H1697H2450H24207The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction.H3374H3068H7225H1847H191H936H2451H41488My son, hear the instruction of your father, And do not forsake the law of your mother;H1121H8085H4148H1H5203H8451H5179For they will be a graceful ornament on your head, And chains about your neck.H3880H2580H7218H6060H162110My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent.H1121H2400H6601H1411If they say, "Come with us, Let us lie in wait to shed blood; Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;H559H3212H693H1818H6845H5355H260012Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, And whole, like those who go down to the Pit;H1104H2416H7585H8549H3381H95313We shall find all kinds of precious possessions, We shall fill our houses with spoil;H4672H3368H1952H4390H1004H799814Cast in your lot among us, Let us all have one purse"—H5307H1486H8432H259H359915My son, do not walk in the way with them, Keep your foot from their path;H1121H3212H1870H4513H7272H541016For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.H7272H7323H7451H4116H8210H181817Surely, in vain the net is spread In the sight of any bird;H2600H7568H2219H5869H1167H367118But they lie in wait for their own blood, They lurk secretly for their own lives.H693H1818H6845H531519So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; It takes away the life of its owners.H734H1214H1215H3947H5315H116720Wisdom calls aloud outside; She raises her voice in the open squares.H2454H7442H2351H5414H6963H733921She cries out in the chief concourses, At the openings of the gates in the city She speaks her words:H7121H7218H1993H6607H8179H5892H559H56122"How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, And fools hate knowledge.H6612H157H6612H3887H2530H3944H3684H8130H184723Turn at my rebuke; Surely I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.H7725H8433H5042H7307H3045H169724Because I have called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded,H7121H3985H5186H3027H718125Because you disdained all my counsel, And would have none of my rebuke,H6544H6098H14H843326I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your terror comes,H7832H343H3932H6343H93527When your terror comes like a storm, And your destruction comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.H6343H935H7722H7584H343H857H5492H6869H6695H93528"Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.H7121H6030H7836H467229Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the LORD,H8130H1847H977H3374H306830They would have none of my counsel And despised my every rebuke.H14H6098H5006H843331Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, And be filled to the full with their own fancies.H398H6529H1870H7646H415632For the turning away of the simple will slay them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them;H4878H6612H2026H7962H3684H633But whoever listens to me will dwell safely, And will be secure, without fear of evil."H8085H7931H983H7599H6343H7451
Columbus, OH
