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The Beginning of Knowledge
The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
The Beginning of Knowledge
Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
To know wisdom and instruction,
to understand words of insight,
to understand words of insight,
to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;
to receive instruction in wise dealing,
in righteousness, justice, and equity;
in righteousness, justice, and equity;
to receive the instruction of wisdom, righteousness and judgment, and equity;
to give prudence to the simple,
knowledge and discretion to the youth —
knowledge and discretion to the youth —
to give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
Let the wise hear and increase in learning,
and the one who understands obtain guidance,
and the one who understands obtain guidance,
He that is wise will hear, and will increase learning; and the intelligent will gain wise counsels:
to understand a proverb and a saying,
the words of the wise and their riddles.
the words of the wise and their riddles.
to understand a proverb and an allegory, the words of the wise and their enigmas.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and instruction.
fools despise wisdom and instruction.
The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge: fools despise wisdom and instruction.
The Enticement of Sinners
Hear, my son, your father’s instruction,
and forsake not your mother’s teaching,
Hear, my son, your father’s instruction,
and forsake not your mother’s teaching,
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 are a graceful garland for your head
and pendants for your neck.
and pendants for your neck.
for they shall be a garland of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood;
let us ambush the innocent without reason;
let us ambush the innocent without reason;
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
like Sheol let us swallow them alive,
and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those that go down into the pit;
we shall find all precious goods,
we shall fill our houses with plunder;
we shall fill our houses with plunder;
we shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
throw in your lot among us;
we will all have one purse” —
we will all have one purse” —
cast in thy lot among us; we will all have one purse:
my son, do not walk in the way with them;
hold back your foot from their paths,
hold back your foot from their paths,
-- my son, walk not in the way with them, keep back thy foot from their path;
for their feet run to evil,
and they make haste to shed blood.
and they make haste to shed blood.
for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
For in vain is a net spread
in the sight of any bird,
in the sight of any bird,
For in vain the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings.
but these men lie in wait for their own blood;
they set an ambush for their own lives.
they set an ambush for their own lives.
And these lay wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.
Such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain;
it takes away the life of its possessors.
it takes away the life of its possessors.
So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors.
The Call of Wisdom
Wisdom cries aloud in the street,
in the markets she raises her voice;
Wisdom cries aloud in the street,
in the markets she raises her voice;
Wisdom Calls Aloud
Wisdom crieth without; she raiseth her voice in the broadways;
Wisdom crieth without; she raiseth her voice in the broadways;
at the head of the noisy streets she cries out;
at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:
at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:
she calleth in the chief [place] of concourse, in the entry of the gates; in the city she uttereth her words:
“How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing
and fools hate knowledge?
How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing
and fools hate knowledge?
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.
Because I have called and you refused to listen,
have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,
have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,
Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one regarded;
because you have ignored all my counsel
and would have none of my reproof,
and would have none of my reproof,
and ye have rejected all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
I also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when terror strikes you,
I will mock when terror strikes you,
I also will laugh in your calamity, I will mock when your fear cometh;
when terror strikes you like a storm
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when distress and anguish come upon you.
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when distress and anguish come upon you.
when your fear cometh as sudden destruction, and your calamity cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you:
Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;
they will seek me diligently but will not find me.
they will seek me diligently but will not find me.
-- then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me early, and shall not find me.
Because they hated knowledge
and did not choose the fear of the Lord,
and did not choose the fear of the Lord,
Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Jehovah;
would have none of my counsel
and despised all my reproof,
and despised all my reproof,
they would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof:
therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way,
and have their fill of their own devices.
and have their fill of their own devices.
therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their way, and be filled with their own devices.
For the simple are killed by their turning away,
and the complacency of fools destroys them;
and the complacency of fools destroys them;
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of the foolish shall cause them to perish.