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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 understand words of insight,
to understand words of insight,
To receive the instruction of wisdom,
Justice, judgment, and equity;
Justice, judgment, and equity;
to receive instruction in wise dealing,
in righteousness, justice, and equity;
in righteousness, justice, and equity;
To give prudence to the simple,
To the young man knowledge and discretion —
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 —
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 an enigma,
The words of the wise and their riddles.
The words of the wise and their riddles.
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.
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.
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;
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 will be a graceful ornament on your head,
And chains about your neck.
And chains about your neck.
for they are a graceful garland for your head
and pendants for your neck.
and pendants for your neck.
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;
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;
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 goods,
we shall fill our houses with plunder;
we shall fill our houses with plunder;
Cast in your lot among us,
Let us all have one purse” —
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, do not walk in the way with them,
Keep your foot from their path;
Keep your 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 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.
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,
But they lie in wait for their own blood,
They lurk secretly for their own lives.
They lurk secretly 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 everyone who is greedy for gain;
It takes away the life of its owners.
It takes away the life of its owners.
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.
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;
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, 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 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 you refused,
I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded,
I have stretched out my hand and no one 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,
Because you disdained all my counsel,
And would have none of my rebuke,
And would have none of my rebuke,
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 terror comes,
I will mock when your terror comes,
I also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when terror strikes you,
I will mock when terror strikes 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.
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 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.
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.
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 the Lord,
and did not choose the fear of the Lord,
They would have none of my counsel
And despised my every rebuke.
And despised my every rebuke.
would have none of my counsel
and despised all my reproof,
and despised all my reproof,
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.
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 simple are killed by their turning away,
and the complacency of fools destroys them;
and the complacency of fools destroys them;