Proverbs Chapter 1

The Usefulness of Proverbs

1The 1proverbsH4912 of SolomonH8010 2the sonH1121 of DavidH1732, kingH4428 of IsraelH3478:2To knowH3045 3wisdomH2451 and instructionH4148, To discernH995 the sayingsH561 of 4understandingH998,3To 5receiveH3947 instructionH4148 in wiseH7919 behaviorH7919, 6RighteousnessH6664, justiceH4941 and equityH4339;4To giveH5414 7prudenceH6195 to the 8naiveH6612, To the youthH5288 9knowledgeH1847 and discretionH4209,5A wiseH2450 manH2450 will hearH8085 and 10increaseH3254 in learningH3948, And a 11man of understandingH995 will acquireH7069 wiseH8458 counselH8458,6To understandH995 a proverbH4912 and a figureH4426, The wordsH1697 of the wiseH2450 and their 12riddlesH2420.

713The fearH3374 of the LordH3068 is the beginningH7225 of knowledgeH1847; FoolsH191 despiseH936 wisdomH2451 and instructionH4148.

The Enticement of Sinners

814HearH8085, my sonH1121, your father’sH1 instructionH4148 And 15do not forsakeH5203 your mother’sH517 teachingH8451;9IndeedH3588, they are a 16gracefulH2580 wreathH3880 to your headH7218 And 1718ornamentsH6060 about your neckH1621.10My sonH1121, ifH518 sinnersH2400 19enticeH6601 you, 20Do not consentH14.11IfH518 they sayH559, “ComeH1980 with us, Let us 21lieH693 in waitH693 for bloodH1818, Let us 22ambushH6845 the innocentH5355 withoutH2600 causeH2600;12Let us 23swallowH1104 them aliveH2416 like SheolH7585, Even wholeH8549, as those who 24goH3381 downH3381 to the pitH953;13We will findH4672 allH3605 kinds of preciousH3368 wealthH1952, We will fillH4390 our housesH1004 with spoilH7998;14ThrowH5307 in your lotH1486 25with us, We shall allH3605 haveH1961 oneH259 purseH3599,”15My sonH1121, 26do not walkH1980 in the wayH1870 with them. 27KeepH4513 your feetH7272 from their pathH5410,16For 28their feetH7272 runH7323 to evilH7451 And they hastenH4116 to shedH8210 bloodH1818.17IndeedH3588, it is 29uselessH2600 to spreadH2219 the baited netH7568 In the sightH5869 of anyH3605 30birdH1167H3671;18But they 31lieH693 in waitH693 for their own bloodH1818; They ambushH6845 their own livesH5315.19SoH3651 are the waysH734 of everyoneH3605 who 32gainsH1214 by violenceH1214; It takesH3947 away the lifeH5315 of its possessorsH1167.

Wisdom Warns

2033WisdomH2451 shoutsH7442 in the streetH2351, She 34liftsH5414 her voiceH6963 in the squareH7339;21At the headH7218 of the noisyH1993 streets she criesH7121 out; At the entranceH6607 of the gatesH8179 in the cityH5892 she uttersH559 her sayingsH561:22“HowH4970 longH5704H4970, O 3536naiveH6612 onesH6612, will you loveH157 37being simple-mindedH6612? And 38scoffersH3917 delightH2530 themselves in scoffingH3944 And foolsH3684 39hateH8130 knowledgeH1847?23TurnH7725 to my reproofH8433, BeholdH2009, I will 40pourH5042 out my spiritH7307 on you; I will makeH3045 my wordsH1697 knownH3045 to you.24BecauseH3282 41I calledH7121 and you 42refusedH3985, I 43stretchedH5186 out my handH3027 and noH369 oneH369 paidH7181 attentionH7181;25And you 44neglectedH6544 allH3605 my counselH6098 And did not 45wantH14 my reproofH8433;26I will alsoH1571 46laughH7832 at your 47calamityH343; I will mockH3932 when your 48dreadH6343 comesH935,27When your dreadH6343 comesH935 like a stormH7584 And your calamityH343 comesH857 like a 49whirlwindH5492, When distressH6869 and anguishH6695 comeH935 upon you.28ThenH227 they will 50callH7121 on me, but I will not answerH6030; They will 51seekH7836 me diligentlyH7836 but they will not findH4672 me,29BecauseH8478H3588 they 52hatedH8130 knowledgeH1847 And did not chooseH977 the fearH3374 of the LordH3068.30They 53wouldH14 not acceptH14 my counselH6098, They spurnedH5006 allH3605 my reproofH8433.31So they shall 54eatH398 of the fruitH6529 of their own wayH1870 And be 55satiatedH7646 with their own devicesH4156.32For the 56waywardnessH4878 of the 57naiveH6612 will killH2026 them, And the complacencyH7962 of foolsH3684 will destroyH6 them.33But 58he who listensH8085 to me shall 59liveH7931 securelyH983 And will be at easeH7599 from the dreadH6343 of evilH7463.”