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The Beginning of Knowledge
Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
The Beginning of Knowledge
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;
to receive the instruction of wisdom, righteousness and judgment, and equity;
To receive the instruction of wisdom,
Justice, judgment, and equity;
Justice, judgment, and equity;
to give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
To give prudence to the simple,
To the young man knowledge and discretion —
To the young man knowledge and discretion —
He that is wise will hear, and will increase learning; and the intelligent will gain wise counsels:
to understand a proverb and an allegory, the words of the wise and their enigmas.
To understand a proverb and an enigma,
The words of the wise and their riddles.
The words of the wise and their riddles.
The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge: fools despise wisdom and instruction.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
But fools despise wisdom and instruction.
But fools despise wisdom and instruction.
The Enticement of Sin
Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
Shun Evil Counsel
My son, hear the instruction of your father,
And do not forsake the law of your mother;
My son, hear the instruction of your father,
And do not forsake the law of your mother;
for they shall be a garland of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
For they will be a graceful ornament on your head,
And chains about your neck.
And chains about your neck.
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
If they say, “Come with us,
Let us lie in wait to shed blood;
Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
Let us lie in wait to shed blood;
Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those that go down into the pit;
we shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
cast in thy lot among us; we will all have one purse:
Cast in your lot among us,
Let us all have one purse” —
Let us all have one purse” —
-- my son, walk not in the way with them, keep back thy foot from their path;
My son, do not walk in the way with them,
Keep your foot from their path;
Keep your foot from their path;
for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
For their feet run to evil,
And they make haste to shed blood.
And they make haste to shed blood.
For in vain the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings.
And these lay wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.
But they lie in wait for their own blood,
They lurk secretly for their own lives.
They lurk secretly for their own lives.
So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors.
So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain;
It takes away the life of its owners.
It takes away the life of its owners.
Wisdom Calls Aloud
Wisdom crieth without; she raiseth her voice in the broadways;
Wisdom crieth without; she raiseth her voice in the broadways;
she calleth in the chief [place] of concourse, in the entry of the gates; in the city she uttereth her words:
How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish hate knowledge?
Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour forth my spirit unto you, I will make known to you my words.
Turn at my rebuke;
Surely I will pour out my spirit on you;
I will make my words known to you.
Surely I will pour out my spirit on you;
I will make my words known to you.
Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one regarded;
Because I have called and you refused,
I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded,
I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded,
and ye have rejected all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
Because you disdained all my counsel,
And would have none of my rebuke,
And would have none of my rebuke,
I also will laugh in your calamity, I will mock when your fear cometh;
I also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when your terror comes,
I will mock when your terror comes,
when your fear cometh as sudden destruction, and your calamity cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you:
When your terror comes like a storm,
And your destruction comes like a whirlwind,
When distress and anguish come upon you.
And your destruction comes like a whirlwind,
When distress and anguish come upon you.
-- then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me early, and shall not find me.
“Then they will call on me, but I will not answer;
They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.
They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.
Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Jehovah;
Because they hated knowledge
And did not choose the fear of the Lord,
And did not choose the fear of the Lord,
they would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof:
They would have none of my counsel
And despised my every rebuke.
And despised my every rebuke.
therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their way, and be filled with their own devices.
Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way,
And be filled to the full with their own fancies.
And be filled to the full with their own fancies.
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of the foolish shall cause them to perish.