Proverbs Chapter 1

1ProverbsH4912 of SolomonH8010, sonH1121 of DavidH1732, kingH4428 of IsraelH3478: 2to knowH3045 wisdomH2451 and instruction; to discernH995 the wordsH561 of understandingH995; 3to receiveH3947 the instruction of wisdom, righteousnessH6664 and judgmentH4941, and equity; 4to giveH5414 prudenceH6195 to the simple, to the youngH5288 manH5288 knowledgeH1847 and discretionH4209. 5He that is wiseH2450 will hearH8085, and will increaseH3254 learning; and the intelligent will gainH995 wiseH2450 counsels: 6to understandH995 a proverbH4912 and an allegory, the wordsH1697 of the wiseH2450 and their enigmas. 7The fearH3374 of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledgeH1847: foolsH191 despiseH936 wisdomH2451 and instruction. 8HearH8085, my sonH1121, the instruction of thy fatherH1, and forsake not the teaching of thy motherH517; 9for they shall be a garland of graceH2580 unto thy headH7218, and chains about thy neckH1621. 10My sonH1121, if sinnersH2400 entice thee, consent not. 11If they sayH559, Come with us, let us layH693 waitH693 for bloodH1818, let us lurk secretly 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: 14castH5307 in thy lotH1486 among us; we will all have oneH259 purse: 15— my sonH1121, walk not in the wayH1870 with them, keep back thy footH7272 from their path; 16for their feetH7272 runH7323 to evilH7451, and they makeH4116 hasteH4116 to shedH8210 bloodH1818. 17For in vainH2600 the netH7568 is spreadH2219 in the sight of anything which hath wingsH3671. 18And these layH693 waitH693 for their own bloodH1818; they lurk secretly for their own livesH5315. 19SoH3651 are the pathsH734 of every one that is greedy of gainH1215: it taketh awayH3947 the lifeH5315 of its possessorsH1167. 20Wisdom crieth without; she raiseth her voiceH6963 in the broadways; 21she calleth in the chiefH7218 [place] of concourse, in the entry of the gatesH8179; in the cityH5892 she uttereth her wordsH561: 22How long, simple ones, will ye loveH157 simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish hateH8130 knowledgeH1847? 23TurnH7725 you at my reproof: behold, I will pourH5042 forthH5042 my spiritH7307 unto you, I will makeH3045 knownH3045 to you my wordsH1697. 24Because I have calledH7121, and ye refusedH3985; I have stretchedH5186 out my handH3027, and no one regarded; 25and ye have rejected all my counselH6098, and wouldH14 none of my reproof: 26I alsoH1571 will laughH7832 in your calamityH343, I will mockH3932 when your fearH6343 cometh; 27when your fearH6343 cometh as sudden destruction, and your calamityH343 cometh as a whirlwind; when distressH6869 and anguish comeH935 upon you: 28— thenH227 will they callH7121 upon me, but I will not answerH6030; they will seekH7836 me early, and shall not findH4672 me. 29Because 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 wayH1870, and be filled with their own devices. 32For the turning away of the simple shall slayH2026 them, and the prosperityH7962 of the foolish shall cause them to perishH6. 33But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwellH7931 safely, and shall be at rest from fearH6343 of evilH7451.