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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;
Purpose and Theme
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;
for gaining wisdom and instruction;
for understanding words of insight;
for understanding words of insight;
To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
for receiving instruction in prudent behavior,
doing what is right and just and fair;
doing what is right and just and fair;
To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
let the wise listen and add to their learning,
and let the discerning get guidance —
and let the discerning get guidance —
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but 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:
Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom
Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction
and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction
and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
They are a garland to grace your head
and a chain to adorn your neck.
and a chain to adorn your neck.
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
My son, if sinful men entice you,
do not give in to them.
do not give in to them.
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 along with us;
let’s lie in wait for innocent blood,
let’s ambush some harmless soul;
let’s lie in wait for innocent blood,
let’s ambush some harmless soul;
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
let’s swallow them alive, like the grave,
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 will get all sorts of valuable things
and fill our houses with plunder;
and fill our houses with plunder;
Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
cast lots with us;
we will all share the loot” —
we will all share the loot” —
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
my son, do not go along with them,
do not set foot on their paths;
do not set foot on their paths;
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
for their feet rush into evil,
they are swift to shed blood.
they are swift to shed blood.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
How useless to spread a net
where every bird can see it!
where every bird can see it!
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
These men lie in wait for their own blood;
they ambush only themselves!
they ambush only themselves!
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain;
it takes away the life of those who get it.
it takes away the life of those who get it.
Wisdom Calls Aloud
Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
Wisdom’s Rebuke
Out in the open wisdom calls aloud,
she raises her voice in the public square;
Out in the open wisdom calls aloud,
she raises her voice in the public square;
She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
“How long will you who are simple love your simple ways?
How long will mockers delight in mockery
and fools hate knowledge?
How long will mockers delight in mockery
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.
Repent at my rebuke!
Then I will pour out my thoughts to you,
I will make known to you my teachings.
Then I will pour out my thoughts to you,
I will make known to you my teachings.
Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
But since you refuse to listen when I call
and no one pays attention when I stretch out my hand,
and no one pays attention when I stretch out my hand,
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
since you disregard all my advice
and do not accept my rebuke,
and do not accept my rebuke,
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
I in turn will laugh when disaster strikes you;
I will mock when calamity overtakes you —
I will mock when calamity overtakes you —
When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
when calamity overtakes you like a storm,
when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind,
when distress and trouble overwhelm you.
when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind,
when distress and trouble overwhelm 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 to me but I will not answer;
they will look for me but will not find me,
they will look for me but will not find me,
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
since they hated knowledge
and did not choose to fear the Lord.
and did not choose to fear the Lord.
They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
Since they would not accept my advice
and spurned my rebuke,
and spurned my rebuke,
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
they will eat the fruit of their ways
and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.
and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
For the waywardness of the simple will kill them,
and the complacency of fools will destroy them;
and the complacency of fools will destroy them;