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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 Purpose of Proverbs
These are the proverbs of Solomon, David’s son, king of Israel.
These are the proverbs of Solomon, David’s son, king of Israel.
to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;
Their purpose is to teach people wisdom and discipline,
to help them understand the insights of the wise.
to help them understand the insights of the wise.
to receive the instruction of wisdom, righteousness and judgment, and equity;
Their purpose is to teach people to live disciplined and successful lives,
to help them do what is right, just, and fair.
to help them do what is right, just, and fair.
to give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
These proverbs will give insight to the simple,
knowledge and discernment to the young.
knowledge and discernment to the young.
He that is wise will hear, and will increase learning; and the intelligent will gain wise counsels:
Let the wise listen to these proverbs and become even wiser.
Let those with understanding receive guidance
Let those with understanding receive guidance
to understand a proverb and an allegory, the words of the wise and their enigmas.
by exploring the meaning in these proverbs and parables,
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.
Fear of the LORD is the foundation of true knowledge,
but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
A Father’s Exhortation: Acquire Wisdom
but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
A Father’s Exhortation: Acquire Wisdom
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;
for they shall be a garland of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
What you learn from them will crown you with grace
and be a chain of honor around your neck.
and be a chain of honor around your neck.
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent not.
My child, if sinners entice you,
turn your back on them!
turn your back on them!
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
They may say, “Come and join us.
Let’s hide and kill someone!
Just for fun, let’s ambush the innocent!
Let’s hide and kill someone!
Just for fun, let’s ambush the innocent!
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:
Think of the great things we’ll get!
We’ll fill our houses with all the stuff we take.
We’ll fill our houses with all the stuff we take.
cast in thy lot among us; we will all have one purse:
Come, throw in your lot with us;
we’ll all share the loot.”
we’ll all share the loot.”
-- my son, walk not in the way with them, keep back thy foot from their path;
My child, don’t go along with them!
Stay far away from their paths.
Stay far away from their paths.
for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
They rush to commit evil deeds.
They hurry to commit murder.
They hurry to commit murder.
For in vain the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings.
If a bird sees a trap being set,
it knows to stay away.
it knows to stay away.
And these lay wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.
But these people set an ambush for themselves;
they are trying to get themselves killed.
they are trying to get themselves killed.
So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors.
Such is the fate of all who are greedy for money;
it robs them of life.
Wisdom Shouts in the Streets
it robs them of life.
Wisdom Shouts in the Streets
Wisdom Calls Aloud
Wisdom crieth without; she raiseth her voice in the broadways;
Wisdom crieth without; she raiseth her voice in the broadways;
Wisdom shouts in the streets.
She cries out in the public square.
She cries out in the public square.
she calleth in the chief [place] of concourse, in the entry of the gates; in the city she uttereth her words:
She calls to the crowds along the main street,
to those gathered in front of the city gate:
to those gathered in front of the city gate:
How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish hate knowledge?
“How long, you simpletons,
will you insist on being simpleminded?
How long will you mockers relish your mocking?
How long will you fools hate knowledge?
will you insist on being simpleminded?
How long will you mockers relish your mocking?
How long will you fools hate knowledge?
Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour forth my spirit unto you, I will make known to you my words.
Come and listen to my counsel.
I’ll share my heart with you
and make you wise.
I’ll share my heart with you
and make you wise.
Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one regarded;
“I called you so often, but you wouldn’t come.
I reached out to you, but you paid no attention.
I reached out to you, but you paid no attention.
and ye have rejected all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
You ignored my advice
and rejected the correction I offered.
and rejected the correction I offered.
I also will laugh in your calamity, I will mock when your fear cometh;
So I will laugh when you are in trouble!
I will mock you when disaster overtakes you —
I will mock you when disaster overtakes you —
when your fear cometh as sudden destruction, and your calamity cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you:
when calamity overtakes you like a storm,
when disaster engulfs you like a cyclone,
and anguish and distress overwhelm you.
when disaster engulfs you like a cyclone,
and anguish and distress overwhelm you.
-- then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me early, and shall not find me.
“When they cry for help, I will not answer.
Though they anxiously search for me, they will not find me.
Though they anxiously search for me, they will not find me.
Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Jehovah;
For they hated knowledge
and chose not to fear the LORD.
and chose not to fear the LORD.
they would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof:
They rejected my advice
and paid no attention when I corrected them.
and paid no attention when I corrected them.
therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their way, and be filled with their own devices.
Therefore, they must eat the bitter fruit of living their own way,
choking on their own schemes.
choking on their own schemes.
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of the foolish shall cause them to perish.
For simpletons turn away from me — to death.
Fools are destroyed by their own complacency.
Fools are destroyed by their own complacency.