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Proverbs 1 (ESV) English Standard Version

1 The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
2 To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight,
3 to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity;
4 to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth-
5 Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance,
6 to understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles.
7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8 Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching,
9 for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.
10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.
11 If they say, "Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without reason;
12 like Sheol let us swallow them alive, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
13 we shall find all precious goods, we shall fill our houses with plunder;
14 throw in your lot among us; we will all have one purse"-
15 my son, do not walk in the way with them; hold back your foot from their paths,
16 for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
17 For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird,
18 but these men lie in wait for their own blood; they set an ambush for their own lives.
19 Such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain; it takes away the life of its possessors.
20 Wisdom cries aloud in the street, in the markets she raises her voice;
21 at the head of the noisy streets she cries out; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:
22 "How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?
23 If you turn at my reproof, behold, I will pour out my spirit to you; I will make my words known to you.
24 Because I have called and you refused to listen, have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,
25 because you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof,
26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when terror strikes you,
27 when terror strikes you like a storm and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.
28 Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but will not find me.
29 Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD,
30 would have none of my counsel and despised all my reproof,
31 therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way, and have their fill of their own devices.
32 For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them;
33 but whoever listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of disaster."
1 The proverbs H4912 of Solomon H8010 the son H1121 of David, H1732 king H4428 of Israel; H3478
2 To know H3045 wisdom H2451 and instruction; H4148 to perceive H995 the words H561 of understanding; H998
3 To receive H3947 the instruction H4148 of wisdom, H7919 justice, H6664 and judgment, H4941 and equity; H4339
4 To give H5414 subtlety H6195 to the simple, H6612 to the young man H5288 knowledge H1847 and discretion. H4209
5 A wise H2450 man will hear, H8085 and will increase H3254 learning; H3948 and a man of understanding H995 shall attain H7069 unto wise counsels: H8458
6 To understand H995 a proverb, H4912 and the interpretation; H4426 the words H1697 of the wise, H2450 and their dark sayings. H2420
7 The fear H3374 of the LORD H3068 is the beginning H7225 of knowledge: H1847 but fools H191 despise H936 wisdom H2451 and instruction. H4148
8 My son, H1121 hear H8085 the instruction H4148 of thy father, H1 and forsake H5203 not H408 the law H8451 of thy mother: H517
9 For H3588 they H1992 shall be an ornament H3880 of grace H2580 unto thy head, H7218 and chains H6060 about thy neck. H1621
10 My son, H1121 if H518 sinners H2400 entice H6601 thee, consent H14 thou not. H408
11 If H518 they say, H559 Come H1980 with H854 us , let us lay wait H693 for blood, H1818 let us lurk privily H6845 for the innocent H5355 without cause: H2600
12 Let us swallow them up H1104 alive H2416 as the grave; H7585 and whole, H8549 as those that go down H3381 into the pit: H953
13 We shall find H4672 all H3605 precious H3368 substance, H1952 we shall fill H4390 our houses H1004 with spoil: H7998
14 Cast in H5307 thy lot H1486 among H8432 us ; let us all H3605 have H1961 one H259 purse: H3599
15 My son, H1121 walk H1980 not H408 thou in the way H1870 with H854 them; refrain H4513 thy foot H7272 from their path H4480 H5410 :
16 For H3588 their feet H7272 run H7323 to evil, H7451 and make haste H4116 to shed H8210 blood. H1818
17 Surely H3588 in vain H2600 the net H7568 is spread H2219 in the sight H5869 of any H3605 bird H1167 H3671 .
18 And they H1992 lay wait H693 for their own blood; H1818 they lurk privily H6845 for their own lives. H5315
19 So H3651 are the ways H734 of every one H3605 that is greedy H1214 of gain; H1215 which taketh away H3947 H853 the life H5315 of the owners H1167 thereof.
20 Wisdom H2454 crieth H7442 without; H2351 she uttereth H5414 her voice H6963 in the streets: H7339
21 She crieth H7121 in the chief H7218 place of concourse, H1993 in the openings H6607 of the gates: H8179 in the city H5892 she uttereth H559 her words, H561 saying ,
22 How long H5704 H4970 , ye simple ones, H6612 will ye love H157 simplicity H6612 ? and the scorners H3887 delight H2530 in their scorning, H3944 and fools H3684 hate H8130 knowledge H1847 ?
23 Turn H7725 you at my reproof: H8433 behold, H2009 I will pour out H5042 my spirit H7307 unto you , I will make known H3045 my words H1697 unto you.
24 Because H3282 I have called, H7121 and ye refused; H3985 I have stretched out H5186 my hand, H3027 and no man H369 regarded; H7181
25 But ye have set at naught H6544 all H3605 my counsel, H6098 and would H14 none H3808 of my reproof: H8433
26 I H589 also H1571 will laugh H7832 at your calamity; H343 I will mock H3932 when your fear H6343 cometh; H935
27 When your fear H6343 cometh H935 as desolation, H7722 and your destruction H343 cometh H857 as a whirlwind; H5492 when distress H6869 and anguish H6695 cometh H935 upon H5921 you.
28 Then H227 shall they call upon H7121 me , but I will not H3808 answer; H6030 they shall seek me early, H7836 but they shall not H3808 find H4672 me:
29 For that H8478 H3588 they hated H8130 knowledge, H1847 and did not H3808 choose H977 the fear H3374 of the LORD: H3068
30 They would H14 none H3808 of my counsel: H6098 they despised H5006 all H3605 my reproof. H8433
31 Therefore shall they eat H398 of the fruit H4480 H6529 of their own way, H1870 and be filled H7646 with their own devices H4480 H4156 .
32 For H3588 the turning away H4878 of the simple H6612 shall slay H2026 them , and the prosperity H7962 of fools H3684 shall destroy H6 them.
33 But whoso hearkeneth H8085 unto me shall dwell H7931 safely, H983 and shall be quiet H7599 from fear H4480 H6343 of evil. H7451
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