| ProverbsChapter 1 | 
| 1 The proverbs | 
| 2 To know | 
| 3 To receive | 
| 4 To give | 
| 5 A wise | 
| 6 To understand | 
| 7 The fear | 
| 8 My son, | 
| 9 For they shall be an ornament | 
| 10 My son, | 
| 11 If | 
| 12 Let us swallow | 
| 13 We shall find | 
| 14 Cast | 
| 15 My son, | 
| 16 For their feet | 
| 17 Surely | 
| 18 And they lay wait | 
| 19 So | 
| 20 Wisdom | 
| 21 She cries | 
| 22 How | 
| 23 Turn | 
| 24 Because | 
| 25 But you have set at | 
| 26 I also | 
| 27 When your fear | 
| 28 Then | 
| 29 For that they hated | 
| 30 They would | 
| 31 Therefore shall they eat | 
| 32 For the turning | 
| 33 But whoever listens | 
| ProverbsChapter 1 | 
| 1 THE proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: | 
| 2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; | 
| 3 To receive discipline, reverence, righteousness, and justice, and equity; | 
| 4 To give subtlety to the simple, to the young men knowledge and discretion. | 
| 5 A wise man will listen and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain to leadership; | 
| 6 To understand proverbs and figures of speech; the words of the wise and their dark sayings. | 
| 7 The reverence of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; but fools despise knowledge and instruction. | 
| 8 Hear, my son, the ordinance of your father, and forsake not the law of your mother; | 
| 9 For they shall be an ornament of grace for your head and a necklace about your neck. | 
| 10 My son, if sinners entice you, consent not. | 
| 11 If they say to you, Come with us, let us lie in wait to shed blood, let us lie in wait for the innocent, wrongfully; | 
| 12 Let us swallow them up alive, as Sheol swallows the living, and whole as those who go down into the pit; | 
| 13 We shall find all his wealth and precious things, we shall fill our houses with spoil; | 
| 14 Cast in your lot with us; let us all have one purse; | 
| 15 My son, do not walk in the way with them; but refrain your foot from their path; | 
| 16 For their feet run to evil, they make haste to shed blood. | 
| 17 Surely in deceit is the net spread in the sight of any bird. | 
| 18 And they lie in wait, they hide themselves to shed blood. | 
| 19 Such are the ways of all who practice iniquity, who take away the life of their owners. | 
| 20 Wisdom is glorified in the market places; she raises her voice in the streets: | 
| 21 She preaches in the chief places of the concourse; in the openings of the gates of the city, she utters her words, saying, | 
| 22 How long, you simple ones, will you love childishness? And the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? | 
| 23 If you will turn to my reproof, behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you; I will make known my words to you. | 
| 24 For I have called, and you refused; I have stretched out my hand, and you did not listen: | 
| 25 But you have despised all my counsels, and you were not pleased with my reproof. | 
| 26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will rejoice when terror and sudden destruction come upon you; | 
| 27 When your destruction comes as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you, | 
| 28 Then they shall call upon me, but I will not answer them; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me; | 
| 29 Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the worship of the LORD. | 
| 30 They were not pleased with my counsels; they rejected all of my reproof. | 
| 31 Therefore they shall eat of the fruit of their own ways and be filled with their own devices. | 
| 32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the error of the weak-minded men shall destroy them. | 
| 33 But he who listens to me shall live in hope, and shall refrain from many evils. | 
| ProverbsChapter 1 | ProverbsChapter 1 | 
| 1 The proverbs | 1 THE proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: | 
| 2 To know | 2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; | 
| 3 To receive | 3 To receive discipline, reverence, righteousness, and justice, and equity; | 
| 4 To give | 4 To give subtlety to the simple, to the young men knowledge and discretion. | 
| 5 A wise | 5 A wise man will listen and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain to leadership; | 
| 6 To understand | 6 To understand proverbs and figures of speech; the words of the wise and their dark sayings. | 
| 7 The fear | 7 The reverence of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; but fools despise knowledge and instruction. | 
| 8 My son, | 8 Hear, my son, the ordinance of your father, and forsake not the law of your mother; | 
| 9 For they shall be an ornament | 9 For they shall be an ornament of grace for your head and a necklace about your neck. | 
| 10 My son, | 10 My son, if sinners entice you, consent not. | 
| 11 If | 11 If they say to you, Come with us, let us lie in wait to shed blood, let us lie in wait for the innocent, wrongfully; | 
| 12 Let us swallow | 12 Let us swallow them up alive, as Sheol swallows the living, and whole as those who go down into the pit; | 
| 13 We shall find | 13 We shall find all his wealth and precious things, we shall fill our houses with spoil; | 
| 14 Cast | 14 Cast in your lot with us; let us all have one purse; | 
| 15 My son, | 15 My son, do not walk in the way with them; but refrain your foot from their path; | 
| 16 For their feet | 16 For their feet run to evil, they make haste to shed blood. | 
| 17 Surely | 17 Surely in deceit is the net spread in the sight of any bird. | 
| 18 And they lay wait | 18 And they lie in wait, they hide themselves to shed blood. | 
| 19 So | 19 Such are the ways of all who practice iniquity, who take away the life of their owners. | 
| 20 Wisdom | 20 Wisdom is glorified in the market places; she raises her voice in the streets: | 
| 21 She cries | 21 She preaches in the chief places of the concourse; in the openings of the gates of the city, she utters her words, saying, | 
| 22 How | 22 How long, you simple ones, will you love childishness? And the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? | 
| 23 Turn | 23 If you will turn to my reproof, behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you; I will make known my words to you. | 
| 24 Because | 24 For I have called, and you refused; I have stretched out my hand, and you did not listen: | 
| 25 But you have set at | 25 But you have despised all my counsels, and you were not pleased with my reproof. | 
| 26 I also | 26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will rejoice when terror and sudden destruction come upon you; | 
| 27 When your fear | 27 When your destruction comes as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you, | 
| 28 Then | 28 Then they shall call upon me, but I will not answer them; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me; | 
| 29 For that they hated | 29 Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the worship of the LORD. | 
| 30 They would | 30 They were not pleased with my counsels; they rejected all of my reproof. | 
| 31 Therefore shall they eat | 31 Therefore they shall eat of the fruit of their own ways and be filled with their own devices. | 
| 32 For the turning | 32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the error of the weak-minded men shall destroy them. | 
| 33 But whoever listens | 33 But he who listens to me shall live in hope, and shall refrain from many evils. |