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Proverbs
New American Standard Bible → English Standard Version

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:

The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:

To know wisdom and instruction, To discern the sayings of understanding,

To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight,

To receive instruction in wise behavior, Righteousness, justice and equity;

to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity;

To give prudence to the naive, To the youth knowledge and discretion,

to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth —

A wise man will hear and increase in learning, And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel,

Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance,

To understand a proverb and a figure, The words of the wise and their riddles.

to understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Hear, my son, your father’s instruction And do not forsake your mother’s teaching;

Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching,

Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head And ornaments about your neck.

for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.

My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent.

My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.

If they say, “Come with us, Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us ambush 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 swallow them alive like Sheol, Even whole, as those who go down to the pit;

like Sheol let us swallow them alive, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;

We will find all kinds of precious wealth, We will fill our houses with spoil;

we shall find all precious goods, we shall fill our houses with plunder;

Throw in your lot with us, We shall all have one purse,”

throw in your lot among us; we will all have one purse” —

My son, do not walk in the way with them. Keep your feet from their path,

my son, do not walk in the way with them; hold back your foot from their paths,

For their feet run to evil And they hasten to shed blood.

for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.

Indeed, it is useless to spread the baited net In the sight of any bird;

For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird,

But they lie in wait for their own blood; They ambush their own lives.

but these men lie in wait for their own blood; they set an ambush for their own lives.

So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence; It takes away the life of its possessors.

Such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain; it takes away the life of its possessors.

Wisdom shouts in the street, She lifts her voice in the square;

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 gates in the city she utters her sayings:

at the head of the noisy streets she cries out; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:

“How long, O naive ones, will you love being simple-minded? And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing 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?

“Turn to my reproof, Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.

If you turn at my reproof,a behold, I will pour out my spirit to you; I will make my words known to you.

“Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention;

Because I have called and you refused to listen, have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,

And you neglected all my counsel And did not want my reproof;

because you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof,

I will also laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your dread comes,

I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when terror strikes you,

When your dread comes like a storm And your calamity 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.

“Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; 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.

Because 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,

“They would not accept my counsel, They spurned all my reproof.

would have none of my counsel and despised all my reproof,

“So they shall eat of the fruit of their own way And be satiated with their own devices.

therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way, and have their fill of their own devices.

“For the waywardness of the naive will kill them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them.

For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them;

“But he who listens to me shall live securely And will be at ease from the dread of evil.”

but whoever listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of disaster.”

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