Proverbs 1

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1 - The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:
2 - for attaining wisdom and discipline; for understanding words of insight;
3 - for acquiring a disciplined and prudent life, doing what is right and just and fair;
4 - for giving prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young-
5 - let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance-
6 - for understanding proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.
7 - The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
8 - Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
9 - They will be a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.
10 - My son, if sinners entice you, do not give in to them.
11 - If they say, "Come along with us; let's lie in wait for someone's blood, let's waylay some harmless soul;
12 - let's swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
13 - we will get all sorts of valuable things and fill our houses with plunder;
14 - throw in your lot with us, and we will share a common purse"-
15 - my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths;
16 - for their feet rush into sin, they are swift to shed blood.
17 - How useless to spread a net in full view of all the birds!
18 - These men lie in wait for their own blood; they waylay only themselves!
19 - Such is the end of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the lives of those who get it.
20 - Wisdom calls aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the public squares;
21 - at the head of the noisy streets she cries out, in the gateways of the city she makes her speech:
22 - "How long will you simple ones love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
23 - If you had responded to my rebuke, I would have poured out my heart to you and made my thoughts known to you.
24 - But since you rejected me when I called and no one gave heed when I stretched out my hand,
25 - since you ignored all my advice and would not accept my rebuke,
26 - I in turn will laugh at your disaster; I will mock when calamity overtakes you-
27 - when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you.
28 - "Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me.
29 - Since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the LORD,
30 - since they would not accept my advice and spurned my rebuke,
31 - they will eat the fruit of their ways and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.
32 - For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them;
33 - but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm."

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Proverbs 1 NIV - English Bible Online

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