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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;
The Beginning of Knowledge
The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
To know wisdom and instruction,
to understand words of insight,
to understand words of insight,
To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
to receive instruction in wise dealing,
in righteousness, justice, and equity;
in righteousness, justice, and equity;
To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
to give prudence to the simple,
knowledge and discretion to the youth —
knowledge and discretion to the youth —
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
Let the wise hear and increase in learning,
and the one who understands obtain guidance,
and the one who understands obtain guidance,
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
to understand a proverb and a saying,
the words of the wise and their riddles.
the words of the wise and their riddles.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and instruction.
fools despise wisdom and instruction.
The Enticement of Sin
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
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,
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
for they are a graceful garland for your head
and pendants for your neck.
and pendants for your neck.
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
My son, if sinners entice you,
do not consent.
do not consent.
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
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;
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
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;
We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
we shall find all precious goods,
we shall fill our houses with plunder;
we shall fill our houses with plunder;
Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
throw in your lot among us;
we will all have one purse” —
we will all have one purse” —
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
my son, do not walk in the way with them;
hold back your foot from their paths,
hold back your foot from their paths,
For their feet run to evil, and 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.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
For in vain is a net spread
in the sight of any bird,
in the sight of any bird,
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
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.
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
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.
Wisdom Calls Aloud
Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
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;
She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
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:
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
“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?
Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
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,
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
because you have ignored all my counsel
and would have none of my reproof,
and would have none of my reproof,
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
I also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when terror strikes you,
I will mock when terror strikes you,
When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
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.
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
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.
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
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.
would have none of my counsel
and despised all my reproof,
and despised all my reproof,
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
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.
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
For the simple are killed by their turning away,
and the complacency of fools destroys them;
and the complacency of fools destroys them;