Proverbs Chapter 1

American Standard Version

1The proverbsH4912 of SolomonH8010 the sonH1121 of DavidH1732, kingH4428 of IsraelH3478:

2To knowH3045 wisdomH2451 and instruction;To discernH995 the wordsH561 of understandingH995;3To receiveH3947 instruction in wiseH7919 dealing,In righteousnessH6664 and justiceH4941 and equity;4To giveH5414 prudenceH6195 to the simple,To the youngH5288 manH5288 knowledgeH1847 and discretionH4209:5That the wiseH2450 man may hearH8085, and increaseH3254 in learning;And that the man of understandingH995 may attain unto sound counsels:6To understandH995 a proverbH4912, and a figure,The wordsH1697 of the wiseH2450, and their dark sayings.7The fearH3374 of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledgeH1847;Butthe foolish despiseH936 wisdomH2451 and instruction.8My sonH1121, hearH8085 the instruction of thy fatherH1,And forsake not the lawH8451 of thy motherH517:9For they shall be a chaplet of graceH2580 unto thy headH7218,And chains about thy neckH1621.10My sonH1121, if sinnersH2400 entice thee,Consent thou not.11If they sayH559, Come with us,Let us layH693 waitH693 for bloodH1818;Let us lurk privily for the innocentH5355 without causeH2600;12Let us swallowH1104 them up aliveH2416 as SheolH7585,And whole, as those that goH3381 down into the pitH953;13We shall findH4672 all preciousH3368 substance;We shall fillH4390 our housesH1004 with spoilH7998;14Thou shalt castH5307 thy lotH1486 among us;We will all have oneH259 purse:15My sonH1121, walk not thou in the wayH1870 with them;Refrain thy footH7272 from their path:16For their feetH7272 runH7323 to evilH7451,And they makeH4116 hasteH4116 to shedH8210 bloodH1818.17For in vainH2600 is the netH7568 spreadH2219 In the sight of any bird:18And these layH693 waitH693 for their own bloodH1818;They lurk privily for their own livesH5315.19SoH3651 are the waysH734 of every one that is greedy of gainH1215;It taketh awayH3947 the lifeH5315 of the ownersH1167 thereof.20Wisdom crieth aloudH7442 in the streetH2351;She uttereth her voiceH6963 in the broad places;21She crieth in the chiefH7218 place of concourse;At the entranceH6607 of the gatesH8179,In the cityH5892, she uttereth her wordsH561:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye loveH157 simplicity?And scoffers delight them in scoffing,And foolsH3684 hateH8130 knowledgeH1847?23TurnH7725 you at my reproof:Behold, I will pourH5042 out my spiritH7307 upon you;I will makeH3045 knownH3045 my wordsH1697 unto you.24Because I have calledH7121, and ye have refusedH3985;I have stretchedH5186 out my handH3027, and no man hath regarded;25But ye have set at nought all my counselH6098,And wouldH14 none of my reproof:26I alsoH1571 will laughH7832 inthe day ofyour calamityH343;I will mockH3932 when your fearH6343 cometh;27When your fearH6343 cometh as a storm,And your calamityH343 cometh on as a whirlwind;When distressH6869 and anguish comeH935 upon you.28ThenH227 will they callH7121 upon me, but I will not answerH6030;They will seekH7836 me diligently, but they shall not findH4672 me:29For that they hatedH8130 knowledgeH1847,And did not chooseH977 the fearH3374 of Jehovah,30They wouldH14 none of my counselH6098,They despised all my reproof.31Therefore shall they eatH398 of the fruitH6529 of their own wayH1870,And be filled with their own devices.32For the backsliding of the simple shall slayH2026 them,And the careless easeH7962 of foolsH3684 shall destroyH6 them.33But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwellH7931 securely,And shall be quiet without fearH6343 of evilH7451.

Commentaries on Proverbs 1

American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain