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CHAPTER 1

The proverbs

of Solomon

son

of David,

king

of Israel:

To know

wisdom

and discipline,

to comprehend

the words

of insight,

to receive

instruction

in wise living,

in righteousness,

justice,

and equity,

to impart

prudence

to the simple,

knowledge

and discretion

to the young—

let the wise

listen

and gain

instruction,

and the discerning

acquire

wise counsel—

to understand

the proverbs

and parables,

the sayings

and riddles

of the wise.

The fear

of the LORD

is the beginning

of knowledge,

but fools

despise

wisdom

and discipline.

Listen,

my son,

to your father’s

instruction,

and do not forsake

the teaching

of your mother.

For

they

are a garland

of grace

on your head,

and a pendant

around your neck.

My son,

if

sinners

entice you,

do not

yield to them.

If

they say,

“Come

along,

let us lie in wait

for blood,

let us ambush

the innocent

without cause,

let us swallow them

alive

like Sheol,

and whole

like those descending

into the Pit.

We will find

all manner

of precious

goods;

we will fill

our houses

with plunder.

Throw in

your lot

with us,

let us all

have

one

purse”—

my son,

do not

walk

the road

with them

or set

foot

upon their path.

For

their feet

run

to evil,

and they are swift

to shed

blood.

How

futile

to spread

the net

where any

bird

can see it.

But they

lie in wait

for their own blood;

they ambush

their own lives.

Such is

the fate

of all

who are greedy,

whose unjust gain

takes

the lives

of its possessors.

Wisdom

calls out

in the street,

she lifts

her voice

in the square,

in the main

concourse

she cries aloud,

at the city

gates

she makes

her speech:

“How

long,

O simple ones,

will you love

simplicity?

How long will scoffers

delight

in their scorn

and fools

hate

knowledge?

If you had repented

at my rebuke,

then surely

I would have poured out

my

spirit on you;

I would have made

my words

known to you.

Because

you refused

my call,

and no one

took

my outstretched

hand,

because you neglected

all

my counsel,

and wanted

none

of my correction,

in turn

I

will mock

your calamity;

I will sneer

when terror

strikes you,

when your dread

comes

like a storm,

and your destruction

like a whirlwind,

when distress

and anguish

overwhelm you.

Then

they will call on me,

but I will not

answer;

they will earnestly seek me,

but will not

find me.

For

they hated

knowledge

and chose

not

to fear

the LORD.

They accepted

none

of my counsel;

they despised

all

my reproof.

So they will eat

the fruit

of their own way,

and be filled

with their own devices.

For

the waywardness

of the simple

will slay them,

and the complacency

of fools

will destroy them.

But whoever listens

to me

will dwell

in safety,

secure

from the fear

of evil.”

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