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| 1:1 |
The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
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| 1:2 |
That men may know wisdom and instruction, understand words of insight,
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| 1:3 |
receive instruction in wise dealing, righteousness, justice, and equity;
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| 1:4 |
that prudence may be given to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth --
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| 1:5 |
the wise man also may hear and increase in learning, and the man of understanding acquire skill,
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| 1:6 |
to understand a proverb and a figure, the words of the wise and their riddles.
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| 1:7 |
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge;fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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| 1:8 |
Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and reject not your mother's teaching;
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| 1:9 |
for they are a fair garland for your head, and pendants for your neck.
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| 1:10 |
My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.
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| 1:11 |
If they say, 'Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us wantonly ambush the innocent;
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| 1:12 |
like Sheol let us swallow them alive and whole, like those who go down to the Pit;
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| 1:13 |
we shall find all precious goods, we shall fill our houses with spoil;
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| 1:14 |
throw in your lot among us, we will all have one purse' --
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| 1:15 |
my son, do not walk in the way with them, hold back your foot from their paths;
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| 1:16 |
for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
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| 1:17 |
For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird;
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| 1:18 |
but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they set an ambush for their own lives.
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| 1:19 |
Such are the ways of all who get gain by violence;it takes away the life of its possessors.
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| 1:20 |
Wisdom cries aloud in the street;in the markets she raises her voice;
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| 1:21 |
on the top of the walls she cries out;at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:
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| 1:22 |
'How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?
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| 1:23 |
Give heed to my reproof;behold, I will pour out my thoughts to you;I will make my words known to you.
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| 1:24 |
Because I have called and you refused to listen, have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,
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| 1:25 |
and you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof,
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| 1:26 |
I also will laugh at your calamity;I will mock when panic strikes you,
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| 1:27 |
when panic strikes you like a storm, and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.
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| 1:28 |
Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;they will seek me diligently but will not find me.
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| 1:29 |
Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD,
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| 1:30 |
would have none of my counsel, and despised all my reproof,
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| 1:31 |
therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way and be sated with their own devices.
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| 1:32 |
For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacence of fools destroys them;
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| 1:33 |
but he who listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of evil.'
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