Proverbs 1:1 The proverbs4912 of Solomon8010 the son1121 of David,1732 king4428 of Israel;34782 To know3045 wisdom2451 and instruction;4148 to perceive995 the words561 of understanding;9983 To receive3947 the instruction4148 of wisdom,7919 justice,6664 and judgment,4941 and equity;4339{Heb. equities}4 To give5414 subtilty6195 to the simple,6612 to the young man5288 knowledge1847 and discretion.4209{Or, advisement}5 A wise2450man will hear,8085 and will increase3254 learning;3948 and a man of understanding995 shall attain7069 unto wise counsels:84586 To understand995 a proverb,4912 and the interpretation;4426{Or, an eloquent speech} the words1697 of the wise,2450 and their dark sayings.2420
Proverbs 1:7 The fear3374 of the LORD3068is the beginning7225{Or, the principal part} of knowledge:1847but fools191 despise936 wisdom2451 and instruction.41488 My son,1121 hear8085 the instruction4148 of thy father,1 and forsake5203 not the law8451 of thy mother:5179 For they shallbe an ornament3880{Heb. an adding} of grace2580 unto thy head,7218 and chains6060 about thy neck.1621
Proverbs 1:10 My son,1121 if sinners2400 entice6601 thee, consent14 thou not.
11 If they say,559 Come3212 with us, let us lay wait693 for blood,1818 let us lurk6845 privily for the innocent5355 without cause:260012 Let us swallow them up1104 alive2416 as the grave;7585 and whole,8549 as those that go down3381 into the pit:95313 We shall find4672 all precious3368 substance,1952 we shall fill4390 our houses1004 with spoil:799814 Cast5307 in thy lot1486 among8432 us; let us all have one259 purse:359915 My son,1121 walk3212 not thou in the way1870 with them; refrain4513 thy foot7272 from their path:541016 For their feet7272 run7323 to evil,7451 and make haste4116 to shed8210 blood.181817 Surely in vain2600 the net7568 is spread2219 in the sight5869 of any bird.11673671{Heb. in the eyes of everything that hath a wing}18 And they lay wait693 for their own blood;1818 they lurk privily6845 for their own lives.531519 So are the ways734 of every one that is greedy1214 of gain;1215which taketh away3947 the life5315 of the owners1167 thereof.
Proverbs 1:20 Wisdom2454{Heb. Wisdoms, that is, excellent wisdom} crieth7442 without;2351 she uttereth5414 her voice6963 in the streets:733921 She crieth7121 in the chief place7218 of concourse,1993 in the openings6607 of the gates:8179 in the city5892 she uttereth559 her words,561saying,22 How long, ye simple ones,6612 will ye love157 simplicity?6612 and the scorners3887 delight2530 in their scorning,3944 and fools3684 hate8130 knowledge?184723 Turn7725 you at my reproof:8433 behold, I will pour out5042 my spirit7307 unto you, I will make known3045 my words1697 unto you.
24 Because I have called,7121 and ye refused;3985 I have stretched out5186 my hand,3027 and no man regarded;718125 But ye have set at nought6544 all my counsel,6098 and would14 none of my reproof:843326 I also will laugh7832 at your calamity;343 I will mock3932 when your fear6343 cometh;93527 When your fear6343 cometh935 as desolation,77227584 and your destruction343 cometh857 as a whirlwind;5492 when distress6869 and anguish6695 cometh935 upon you.
28 Then shall they call7121 upon me, but I will not answer;6030 they shall seek me early,7836 but they shall not find4672 me:
29 For that they hated8130 knowledge,1847 and did not choose977 the fear3374 of the LORD:306830 They would14 none of my counsel:6098 they despised5006 all my reproof.843331 Therefore shall they eat398 of the fruit6529 of their own way,1870 and be filled7646 with their own devices.415632 For the turning away4878 of the simple6612{Or, ease of the simple} shall slay2026 them, and the prosperity7962 of fools3684 shall destroy6 them.
33 But whoso hearkeneth8085 unto me shall dwell7931 safely,983 and shall be quiet7599 from fear6343 of evil.7451