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Proverbs 1
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A Manual for Living

1These are the wise sayings of Solomon, David's son, Israel's king—H4912H8010H1121H1732H4428H3478 2Written down so we'll know how to live well and right, to understand what life means and where it's going;H3045H2451H4148H995H561H998 3A manual for living, for learning what's right and just and fair;H3947H4148H7919H6664H4941H4339 4To teach the inexperienced the ropes and give our young people a grasp on reality.H5414H6195H6612H5288H1847H4209 5There's something here also for seasoned men and women,H2450H8085H3254H3948H995H7069H8458 6still a thing or two for the experienced to learn— Fresh wisdom to probe and penetrate, the rhymes and reasons of wise men and women.H995H4912H4426H1697H2450H2420

Start with God

7Start with GOD—the first step in learning is bowing down to GOD; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.H3374H3068H7225H1847H191H936H2451H4148 8Pay close attention, friend, to what your father tells you; never forget what you learned at your mother's knee.H1121H8085H4148H1H5203H8451H517 9Wear their counsel like flowers in your hair, like rings on your fingers.H3880H2580H7218H6060H1621 10Dear friend, if bad companions tempt you, don't go along with them.H1121H2400H6601H14 11If they say—"Let's go out and raise some hell. Let's beat up some old man, mug some old woman.H559H3212H693H1818H6845H5355H2600 12Let's pick them clean and get them ready for their funerals.H1104H2416H7585H8549H3381H953 13We'll load up on top-quality loot. We'll haul it home by the truckload.H4672H3368H1952H4390H1004H7998 14Join us for the time of your life! With us, it's share and share alike!"—H5307H1486H8432H259H3599 15Oh, friend, don't give them a second look; don't listen to them for a minute.H1121H3212H1870H4513H7272H5410 16They're racing to a very bad end, hurrying to ruin everything they lay hands on.H7272H7323H7451H4116H8210H1818 17Nobody robs a bank with everyone watching,H2600H7568H2219H5869H1167H3671 18Yet that's what these people are doing— they're doing themselves in.H693H1818H6845H5315 19When you grab all you can get, that's what happens: the more you get, the less you are.H734H1214H1215H3947H5315H1167

Lady Wisdom

20Lady Wisdom goes out in the street and shouts. At the town center she makes her speech.H2454H7442H2351H5414H6963H7339 21In the middle of the traffic she takes her stand. At the busiest corner she calls out:H7121H7218H1993H6607H8179H5892H559H561 22"Simpletons! How long will you wallow in ignorance? Cynics! How long will you feed your cynicism? Idiots! How long will you refuse to learn?H6612H157H6612H3887H2530H3944H3684H8130H1847 23About face! I can revise your life. Look, I'm ready to pour out my spirit on you; I'm ready to tell you all I know.H7725H8433H5042H7307H3045H1697 24As it is, I've called, but you've turned a deaf ear; I've reached out to you, but you've ignored me.H7121H3985H5186H3027H7181 25"Since you laugh at my counsel and make a joke of my advice,H6544H6098H14H8433 26How can I take you seriously? I'll turn the tables and joke about your troubles!H7832H343H3932H6343H935 27What if the roof falls in, and your whole life goes to pieces? What if catastrophe strikes and there's nothing to show for your life but rubble and ashes?H6343H935H7722H7584H343H857H5492H6869H6695H935 28You'll need me then. You'll call for me, but don't expect an answer. No matter how hard you look, you won't find me.H7121H6030H7836H4672 29"Because you hated Knowledge and had nothing to do with the Fear-of-GOD,H8130H1847H977H3374H3068 30Because you wouldn't take my advice and brushed aside all my offers to train you,H14H6098H5006H8433 31Well, you've made your bed—now lie in it; you wanted your own way—now, how do you like it?H398H6529H1870H7646H4156 32Don't you see what happens, you simpletons, you idiots? Carelessness kills; complacency is murder.H4878H6612H2026H7962H3684H6 33First pay attention to me, and then relax. Now you can take it easy—you're in good hands."H8085H7931H983H7599H6343H7451


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