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PR 1:1  "The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:"

PR 1:2  "To know wisdom and instruction, To discern the sayings of understanding,"

PR 1:3  "To receive instruction in wise behavior, Righteousness, justice and equity;"

PR 1:4  "To give prudence to the naive, To the youth knowledge and discretion,"

PR 1:5  "A wise man will hear and increase in learning, And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel,"

PR 1:6  "To understand a proverb and a figure, The words of the wise and their riddles."

PR 1:7  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

PR 1:8  "Hear, my son, your father's instruction, And do not forsake your mother's teaching;"

PR 1:9  "Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head, And ornaments about your neck."

PR 1:10  "My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent."

PR 1:11  "If they say, ""Come with us, Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us ambush the innocent without cause;"

PR 1:12  "Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, Even whole, as those who go down to the pit;"

PR 1:13  "We shall find all [kinds] of precious wealth, We shall fill our houses with spoil;"

PR 1:14  "Throw in your lot with us, We shall all have one purse, """

PR 1:15  "My son, do not walk in the way with them. Keep your feet from their path,"

PR 1:16  "For their feet run to evil, And they hasten to shed blood."

PR 1:17  "Indeed, it is useless to spread the net In the eyes of any bird;"

PR 1:18  But they lie in wait for their own blood; They ambush their own lives.

PR 1:19  So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence; It takes away the life of its possessors.

PR 1:20  "Wisdom shouts in the street, She lifts her voice in the square;"

PR 1:21  "At the head of the noisy [streets] she cries out; At the entrance of the gates in the city, she utters her sayings:"

PR 1:22  "How long, O naive ones, will you love simplicity? And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?"

PR 1:23  "Turn to my reproof, Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you."

PR 1:24  "Because I called, and you refused; I stretched out my hand, and no one paid attention;"

PR 1:25  "And you neglected all my counsel, And did not want my reproof;"

PR 1:26  "I will even laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your dread comes,"

PR 1:27  "When your dread comes like a storm, And your calamity comes on like a whirlwind, When distress [and] anguish come on you."

PR 1:28  "Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me,"

PR 1:29  "Because they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of the LORD."

PR 1:30  "They would not accept my counsel, They spurned all my reproof."

PR 1:31  "So they shall eat of the fruit of their own way, And be satiated with their own devices."

PR 1:32  "For the waywardness of the naive shall kill them, And the complacency of fools shall destroy them."

PR 1:33  "But he who listens to me shall live securely, And shall be at ease from the dread of evil."

PR 1:1  "The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:"

PR 1:2  "To know wisdom and instruction, To discern the sayings of understanding,"

PR 1:3  "To receive instruction in wise behavior, Righteousness, justice and equity;"

PR 1:4  "To give prudence to the naive, To the youth knowledge and discretion,"

PR 1:5  "A wise man will hear and increase in learning, And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel,"

PR 1:6  "To understand a proverb and a figure, The words of the wise and their riddles."

PR 1:7  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

PR 1:8  "Hear, my son, your father's instruction, And do not forsake your mother's teaching;"

PR 1:9  "Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head, And ornaments about your neck."

PR 1:10  "My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent."

PR 1:11  "If they say, ""Come with us, Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us ambush the innocent without cause;"

PR 1:12  "Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, Even whole, as those who go down to the pit;"

PR 1:13  "We shall find all [kinds] of precious wealth, We shall fill our houses with spoil;"

PR 1:14  "Throw in your lot with us, We shall all have one purse, """

PR 1:15  "My son, do not walk in the way with them. Keep your feet from their path,"

PR 1:16  "For their feet run to evil, And they hasten to shed blood."

PR 1:17  "Indeed, it is useless to spread the net In the eyes of any bird;"

PR 1:18  But they lie in wait for their own blood; They ambush their own lives.

PR 1:19  So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence; It takes away the life of its possessors.

PR 1:20  "Wisdom shouts in the street, She lifts her voice in the square;"

PR 1:21  "At the head of the noisy [streets] she cries out; At the entrance of the gates in the city, she utters her sayings:"

PR 1:22  "How long, O naive ones, will you love simplicity? And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?"

PR 1:23  "Turn to my reproof, Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you."

PR 1:24  "Because I called, and you refused; I stretched out my hand, and no one paid attention;"

PR 1:25  "And you neglected all my counsel, And did not want my reproof;"

PR 1:26  "I will even laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your dread comes,"

PR 1:27  "When your dread comes like a storm, And your calamity comes on like a whirlwind, When distress [and] anguish come on you."

PR 1:28  "Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me,"

PR 1:29  "Because they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of the LORD."

PR 1:30  "They would not accept my counsel, They spurned all my reproof."

PR 1:31  "So they shall eat of the fruit of their own way, And be satiated with their own devices."

PR 1:32  "For the waywardness of the naive shall kill them, And the complacency of fools shall destroy them."

PR 1:33  "But he who listens to me shall live securely, And shall be at ease from the dread of evil."

PR 2:1  "My son, if you will receive my sayings, And treasure my commandments within you,"

PR 2:2  "Make your ear attentive to wisdom, Incline your heart to understanding;"

PR 2:3  "For if you cry for discernment, Lift your voice for understanding;"

PR 2:4  "If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures;"

PR 2:5  "Then you will discern the fear of the LORD, And discover the knowledge of God."

PR 2:6  For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth [come] knowledge and understanding.

PR 2:7  "He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; [He is] a shield to those who walk in integrity,"

PR 2:8  "Guarding the paths of justice, And He preserves the way of His godly ones."

PR 2:9  Then you will discern righteousness and justice And equity [and] every good course.

PR 2:10  "For wisdom will enter your heart, And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;"

PR 2:11  "Discretion will guard you, Understanding will watch over you,"

PR 2:12  "To deliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks perverse things;"

PR 2:13  "From those who leave the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;"

PR 2:14  "Who delight in doing evil, And rejoice in the perversity of evil;"

PR 2:15  "Whose paths are crooked, And who are devious in their ways;"

PR 2:16  "To deliver you from the strange woman, From the adulteress who flatters with her words;"

PR 2:17  "That leaves the companion of her youth, And forgets the covenant of her God;"

PR 2:18  "For her house sinks down to death, And her tracks [lead] to the dead;"

PR 2:19  "None who go to her return again, Nor do they reach the paths of life."

PR 2:20  "So you will walk in the way of good men, And keep to the paths of the righteous."

PR 2:21  "For the upright will live in the land, And the blameless will remain in it;"

PR 2:22  "But the wicked will be cut off from the land, And the treacherous will be uprooted from it."

PR 1:1  "The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:"

PR 1:2  "To know wisdom and instruction, To discern the sayings of understanding,"

PR 1:3  "To receive instruction in wise behavior, Righteousness, justice and equity;"

PR 1:4  "To give prudence to the naive, To the youth knowledge and discretion,"

PR 1:5  "A wise man will hear and increase in learning, And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel,"

PR 1:6  "To understand a proverb and a figure, The words of the wise and their riddles."

PR 1:7  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

PR 1:8  "Hear, my son, your father's instruction, And do not forsake your mother's teaching;"

PR 1:9  "Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head, And ornaments about your neck."

PR 1:10  "My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent."

PR 1:11  "If they say, ""Come with us, Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us ambush the innocent without cause;"

PR 1:12  "Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, Even whole, as those who go down to the pit;"

PR 1:13  "We shall find all [kinds] of precious wealth, We shall fill our houses with spoil;"

PR 1:14  "Throw in your lot with us, We shall all have one purse, """

PR 1:15  "My son, do not walk in the way with them. Keep your feet from their path,"

PR 1:16  "For their feet run to evil, And they hasten to shed blood."

PR 1:17  "Indeed, it is useless to spread the net In the eyes of any bird;"

PR 1:18  But they lie in wait for their own blood; They ambush their own lives.

PR 1:19  So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence; It takes away the life of its possessors.

PR 1:20  "Wisdom shouts in the street, She lifts her voice in the square;"

PR 1:21  "At the head of the noisy [streets] she cries out; At the entrance of the gates in the city, she utters her sayings:"

PR 1:22  "How long, O naive ones, will you love simplicity? And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?"

PR 1:23  "Turn to my reproof, Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you."

PR 1:24  "Because I called, and you refused; I stretched out my hand, and no one paid attention;"

PR 1:25  "And you neglected all my counsel, And did not want my reproof;"

PR 1:26  "I will even laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your dread comes,"

PR 1:27  "When your dread comes like a storm, And your calamity comes on like a whirlwind, When distress [and] anguish come on you."

PR 1:28  "Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me,"

PR 1:29  "Because they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of the LORD."

PR 1:30  "They would not accept my counsel, They spurned all my reproof."

PR 1:31  "So they shall eat of the fruit of their own way, And be satiated with their own devices."

PR 1:32  "For the waywardness of the naive shall kill them, And the complacency of fools shall destroy them."

PR 1:33  "But he who listens to me shall live securely, And shall be at ease from the dread of evil."

PR 2:1  "My son, if you will receive my sayings, And treasure my commandments within you,"

PR 2:2  "Make your ear attentive to wisdom, Incline your heart to understanding;"

PR 2:3  "For if you cry for discernment, Lift your voice for understanding;"

PR 2:4  "If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures;"

PR 2:5  "Then you will discern the fear of the LORD, And discover the knowledge of God."

PR 2:6  For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth [come] knowledge and understanding.

PR 2:7  "He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; [He is] a shield to those who walk in integrity,"

PR 2:8  "Guarding the paths of justice, And He preserves the way of His godly ones."

PR 2:9  Then you will discern righteousness and justice And equity [and] every good course.

PR 2:10  "For wisdom will enter your heart, And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;"

PR 2:11  "Discretion will guard you, Understanding will watch over you,"

PR 2:12  "To deliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks perverse things;"

PR 2:13  "From those who leave the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;"

PR 2:14  "Who delight in doing evil, And rejoice in the perversity of evil;"

PR 2:15  "Whose paths are crooked, And who are devious in their ways;"

PR 2:16  "To deliver you from the strange woman, From the adulteress who flatters with her words;"

PR 2:17  "That leaves the companion of her youth, And forgets the covenant of her God;"

PR 2:18  "For her house sinks down to death, And her tracks [lead] to the dead;"

PR 2:19  "None who go to her return again, Nor do they reach the paths of life."

PR 2:20  "So you will walk in the way of good men, And keep to the paths of the righteous."

PR 2:21  "For the upright will live in the land, And the blameless will remain in it;"

PR 2:22  "But the wicked will be cut off from the land, And the treacherous will be uprooted from it."