1The proverbs4912 of Solomon8010 the son1121 of David1732, king4428 of Israel3478;
2To know3045 wisdom2451 and instruction4148; to perceive995 the words561 of understanding998;
3To receive3947 the instruction4148 of wisdom7919, justice6664, and judgment4941, and equity4339;
4To give5414 subtilty6195 to the simple6612, to the young man5288 knowledge1847 and discretion4209.
5A wise2450 man will hear8085, and will increase3254 learning3948; and a man of understanding995 shall attain7069 unto wise counsels8458:
6To understand995 a proverb4912, and the interpretation4426; the words1697 of the wise2450, and their dark sayings2420.
7The fear3374 of the LORD3068 is the beginning7225 of knowledge1847: but fools191 despise936 wisdom2451 and instruction4148.
8My son1121, hear8085 the instruction4148 of thy father1, and forsake5203 not the law8451 of thy mother517:
9For they shall be an ornament3880 of grace2580 unto thy head7218, and chains6060 about thy neck1621.
10My son1121, if sinners2400 entice6601 thee, consent14 thou not.
11If they say559, Come3212 with us, let us lay wait693 for blood1818, let us lurk6845 privily for the innocent5355 without cause2600:
12Let us swallow them up1104 alive2416 as the grave7585; and whole8549, as those that go down3381 into the pit953:
13We shall find4672 all precious3368 substance1952, we shall fill4390 our houses1004 with spoil7998:
14Cast5307 in thy lot1486 among8432 us; let us all have one259 purse3599:
15My son1121, walk3212 not thou in the way1870 with them; refrain4513 thy foot7272 from their path5410:
16For their feet7272 run7323 to evil7451, and make haste4116 to shed8210 blood1818.
17Surely in vain2600 the net7568 is spread2219 in the sight5869 of any bird1167 3671.
18And they lay wait693 for their own blood1818; they lurk privily6845 for their own lives5315.
19So are the ways734 of every one that is greedy1214 of gain1215; which taketh away3947 the life5315 of the owners1167 thereof.
20Wisdom2454 crieth7442 without2351; she uttereth5414 her voice6963 in the streets7339:
21She crieth7121 in the chief place7218 of concourse1993, in the openings6607 of the gates8179: in the city5892 she uttereth559 her words561, saying,
22How long, ye simple ones6612, will ye love157 simplicity6612? and the scorners3887 delight2530 in their scorning3944, and fools3684 hate8130 knowledge1847?
23Turn7725 you at my reproof8433: behold, I will pour out5042 my spirit7307 unto you, I will make known3045 my words1697 unto you.
24Because I have called7121, and ye refused3985; I have stretched out5186 my hand3027, and no man regarded7181;
25But ye have set at nought6544 all my counsel6098, and would14 none of my reproof8433:
26I also will laugh7832 at your calamity343; I will mock3932 when your fear6343 cometh935;
27When your fear6343 cometh935 as desolation7722 7584, and your destruction343 cometh857 as a whirlwind5492; when distress6869 and anguish6695 cometh935 upon you.
28Then shall they call7121 upon me, but I will not answer6030; they shall seek me early7836, but they shall not find4672 me:
29For that they hated8130 knowledge1847, and did not choose977 the fear3374 of the LORD3068:
30They would14 none of my counsel6098: they despised5006 all my reproof8433.
31Therefore shall they eat398 of the fruit6529 of their own way1870, and be filled7646 with their own devices4156.
32For the turning away4878 of the simple6612 shall slay2026 them, and the prosperity7962 of fools3684 shall destroy6 them.
33But whoso hearkeneth8085 unto me shall dwell7931 safely983, and shall be quiet7599 from fear6343 of evil7451.