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The proverbs
of Solomon
the son
of David,
king
of Israel:
2
To know
wisdom
and instruction,
To discern
the sayings
of understanding,
3
To receive
instruction
in wise behavior,
Righteousness,
justice
and equity;
4
To give
prudence
to the naive,
To the youth
knowledge
and discretion,
5
A wise man
will hear
and increase
in learning,
And a man of understanding
will acquire
wise counsel,
6
To understand
a proverb
and a figure,
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 do not forsake
your mother's
teaching;
9
Indeed,
they are a graceful
wreath
to your head
And ornaments
about 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 cause;
12
Let us swallow
them alive
like Sheol,
Even whole,
as those who go down
to the pit;
13
We will find
all
kinds of precious
wealth,
We will fill
our houses
with spoil;
14
Throw
in your lot
with us, We shall all
have
one
purse,"
15
My son,
do not walk
in the way
with them. Keep
your feet
from their path,
16
For their feet
run
to evil
And they hasten
to shed
blood.
17
Indeed,
it is useless
to spread
the baited net
In the sight
of any
bird;
18
But they lie in wait
for their own blood;
They ambush
their own lives.
19
So
are the ways
of everyone
who gains
by violence;
It takes
away the life
of its possessors.
20
Wisdom
shouts
in the street,
She lifts
her voice
in the square;
21
At the head
of the noisy
streets she cries
out; At the entrance
of the gates
in the city
she utters
her sayings:
22
"How
long,
O naive
ones,
will you love
being simple-minded?
And scoffers
delight
themselves in scoffing
And fools
hate
knowledge?
23
"Turn
to my reproof,
Behold,
I will pour
out my spirit
on you; I will make
my words
known
to you.
24
"Because
I called
and you refused,
I stretched
out my hand
and no one
paid attention;
25
And you neglected
all
my counsel
And did not want
my reproof;
26
I will also
laugh
at your calamity;
I will mock
when your dread
comes,
27
When your dread
come
s
like a storm
And your calamity
come
s
like a whirlwind,
When distress
and anguish
come
upon you.
28
"Then
they will call
on
me,
but I will not answer;
They will seek me diligently
but they will not find
me,
29
Because
they hated
knowledge
And did not choose
the fear
of the LORD.
30
"They would not accept
my counsel,
They spurned
all
my reproof.
31
"So they shall eat
of the fruit
of their own way
And be satiated
with their own devices.
32
"For the waywardness
of the naive
will kill
them, And the complacency
of fools
will destroy
them.
33
"But he who listens
to me shall live
securely
And will be at ease
from the dread
of evil."
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