Proverbs 1
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The Purpose and Theme
1#Pr 10:1; 25:1The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel:
2To know wisdom and instruction,
to perceive the words of understanding,
3to receive the instruction of wisdom,
justice, judgment, and equity;
4#Pr 8:5 to give subtlety to the simple,
to the young man knowledge and discretion—
5#Pr 9:9 a wise man will hear and will increase learning,
and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel,
6#Ps 78:2; 49:4 to understand a proverb and the interpretation,
the words of the wise and their riddles.
7#Pr 9:10; Job 28:28; Ecc 12:13 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
The Prologue: Embrace Wisdom
8#Pr 6:20 My son, hear the instruction of your father,
and do not forsake the teaching of your mother;
9#Pr 4:9; Ge 41:42 for they will be a garland of grace on your head,
and chains about your neck.
10#Eph 5:11; Ps 50:18 My son, if sinners entice you,
do not consent.
11#Pr 1:18; 12:6 If they say, “Come with us,
let us lie in wait for blood;
let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
12#Ps 28:1; 124:3 let us swallow them up alive as the grave,
and whole, as those who go down into the pit;
13we will find all kinds of precious possessions;
we will fill our houses with spoil;
14cast in your lot among us,
let us all have one purse”—
15#Ps 1:1; 119:101 my son, do not walk in the way with them,
keep your foot from their path;
16#Pr 6:18; Isa 59:7 for their feet run to evil
and make haste to shed blood.
17Surely in vain the net is spread
in the sight of any bird.
18They lie in wait for their own blood;
they lurk secretly for their own lives.
19#Pr 15:27 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy of gain,
which takes away the life of its owners.
The Call of Wisdom
20#Pr 9:3; Jn 7:37 Wisdom cries out in the street;
she utters her voice in the markets.
21She cries at the corner of the streets, in the openings of the gates;
she speaks her words in the city, saying:
22#Ps 1:1; Pr 1:29 “How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity?
For the scorners delight in their scorning,
and fools hate knowledge.
23#Joel 2:28; Isa 32:15 Turn at my reproof;
surely I will pour out my spirit on you;
I will make my words known to you.
24#Isa 65:12; 66:4 Because I have called and you refused,
I have stretched out my hand and no man regarded,
25#Ps 107:11; Pr 1:30 because you neglected all my counsel,
and would have none of my reproof,
26#Ps 2:4; Pr 10:24 I also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when your fear comes,
27when your fear comes as desolation
and your destruction comes as a whirlwind,
when distress and anguish come upon you.
28#Job 27:9; Isa 1:15 “Then they will call on me, but I will not answer;
they will seek me early, but they will not find me.
29#Pr 1:22 Because they hated knowledge
and did not choose the fear of the Lord,
30#Pr 1:25; Ps 81:11 they would have none of my counsel
and despised all my reproof.
31#Job 4:8; Pr 14:14 Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way,
and be filled with their own devices.
32#Jer 2:19 For the turning away of the simple will slay them,
and the prosperity of fools will destroy them.
33#Ps 25:12–13 But whoever listens to me will dwell safely,
and will be secure from fear of evil.”
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Proverbs 1
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The Beginning of Knowledge
1 # ch. 10:1; 25:1; 1 Kgs. 4:32; Eccles. 12:9 The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
2To know wisdom and instruction,
to understand words of insight,
3to receive instruction in wise dealing,
in #ch. 2:9righteousness, justice, and equity;
4to give prudence to #ch. 8:5; 14:15, 18 the simple,
knowledge and #ch. 2:11; 3:21discretion to the youth—
5Let the wise hear and #ch. 9:9increase in learning,
and the one who understands obtain guidance,
6to understand a proverb and a saying,
# ch. 22:17 the words of the wise and their #Judg. 14:12; Ps. 78:2riddles.
7 # ch. 9:10; [ch. 15:33]; See Job 28:28 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and instruction.
The Enticement of Sinners
8 # ch. 6:20; [Ps. 34:11; Eph. 6:1, 2] Hear, my son, your father’s instruction,
and forsake not your mother’s teaching,
9for they are #ch. 4:9; [ch. 3:22] a graceful garland for your head
and #[Gen. 41:42; Dan. 5:29]pendants for your neck.
10My son, if sinners #ch. 16:29entice you,
do not consent.
11If they say, “Come with us, #ver. 18; ch. 12:6; Jer. 5:26 let us lie in wait for blood;
# ver. 18; Ps. 10:8; 64:5 let us ambush the innocent without reason;
12like Sheol let us #Ps. 124:3; [Num. 16:32, 33] swallow them alive,
and whole, like #Ps. 28:1those who go down to the pit;
13we shall find all precious goods,
we shall fill our houses with plunder;
14throw in your lot among us;
we will all have one purse”—
15my son, #ch. 4:14; 24:1; Ps. 1:1 do not walk in the way with them;
# [Ps. 119:101] hold back your foot from their paths,
16for #ch. 6:18; Isa. 59:7; [Rom. 3:15]their feet run to evil,
and they make haste to shed blood.
17 # [Job 40:24] For in vain is a net spread
in the sight of any bird,
18but these men #ver. 11lie in wait for their own blood;
they #ver. 11set an ambush for their own lives.
19 # [Job 8:13] Such are the ways of everyone who is #ch. 15:27 greedy for unjust gain;
# [1 Tim. 6:10] it takes away the life of its possessors.
The Call of Wisdom
20 # ch. 8:1; 9:3; [John 7:37] Wisdom cries aloud in the street,
in the markets she raises her voice;
21at the head of the noisy streets she cries out;
at #ch. 8:3the entrance of the city gates she speaks:
22“How long, O #See ver. 4 simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will #See Ps. 1:1 scoffers delight in their scoffing
and fools #ver. 29; ch. 5:12; [Job 21:14]hate knowledge?
23If you turn at my reproof,#1:23 Or Will you turn away at my reproof?
behold, I will #Joel 2:28; Acts 2:17pour out my spirit to you;
I will make my words known to you.
24 #
Isa. 65:12; 66:4; Jer. 7:13 Because I have called and #Zech. 7:11 you refused to listen,
have #Rom. 10:21stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,
25because you have #See Ps. 107:11 ignored all my counsel
and #[Ps. 81:11; Luke 7:30]would have none of my reproof,
26I also #See Ps. 2:4 will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when #ch. 10:24; Jer. 48:43; 49:5terror strikes you,
27when terror strikes you like #[Zeph. 1:15]a storm
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when distress and anguish come upon you.
28 # See 1 Sam. 8:18; Job 27:9 Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;
they will seek me diligently but will not find me.
29Because they #[See ver. 22 above] hated knowledge
and #[Job 21:14]did not choose the fear of the Lord,
30 # [See ver. 25 above] would have none of my counsel
and #[See ver. 25 above]despised all my reproof,
31therefore they shall eat #Jer. 6:19 the fruit of their way,
and have #ch. 14:14; Isa. 3:11; [Job 4:8]their fill of their own devices.
32For the simple are killed by #Jer. 2:19 their turning away,
and #[Ps. 73:18, 19]the complacency of fools destroys them;
33but #[Ps. 25:12, 13] whoever listens to me will dwell secure
and will be #Ps. 112:7, 8at ease, without dread of disaster.”
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