Mishlei (Pro) 1
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1The proverbs of Shlomo the son of David,
king of Isra’el,
2are for learning about wisdom and discipline;
for understanding words expressing deep insight;
3for gaining an intelligently disciplined life,
doing what is right, just and fair;
4for endowing with caution those who don’t think
and the young person with knowledge and discretion.
5Someone who is already wise
will hear and learn still more;
someone who already understands
will gain the ability to counsel well;
6he will understand proverbs, obscure expressions,
the sayings and riddles of the wise.
7The fear of Adonai is the beginning of knowledge,
but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
8My son, heed the discipline of your father,
and do not abandon the teaching of your mother;
9they will be a garland to grace your head,
a medal of honor for your neck.
10My son, if sinners entice you,
don’t go along with them.
11Suppose they say, “Come with us:
we’ll ambush somebody and kill him,
we’ll waylay some harmless soul, just for fun;
12we’ll swallow him alive, like Sh’ol,
whole, like those who descend to the pit;
13we’ll find everything he has of value,
we’ll fill our homes with loot!
14Throw in your lot with us;
we’ll share a common purse” —
15my son, don’t go along with them,
don’t set foot on their path;
16Their feet run to evil,
they rush to shed blood.
17For in vain is the net baited
if any bird can see it;
18rather, they are ambushing themselves
to shed their own blood, waylaying themselves.
19So are the ways of all greedy for gain —
it takes the lives of those who get it.
20Wisdom calls aloud in the open air
and raises her voice in the public places;
21she calls out at streetcorners
and speaks out at entrances to city gates:
22“How long, you whose lives have no purpose,
will you love thoughtless living?
How long will scorners find pleasure in mocking?
How long will fools hate knowledge?
23Repent when I reprove —
I will pour out my spirit to you,
I will make my words known to you.
24Because you refused when I called,
and no one paid attention when I put out my hand,
25but instead you neglected my counsel
and would not accept my reproof;
26I, in turn, will laugh at your distress,
and mock when terror comes over you —
27yes, when terror overtakes you like a storm
and your disaster approaches like a whirlwind,
when distress and trouble assail you.
28Then they will call me, but I won’t answer;
they will seek me earnestly, but they won’t find me.
29Because they hated knowledge
and did not choose the fear of Adonai,
30they refused my counsel
and despised my reproof.
31So they will bear the consequences of their own way
and be overfilled with their own schemes.
32For the aimless wandering of the thoughtless will kill them,
and the smug overconfidence of fools will destroy them;
33but those who pay attention to me will live securely,
untroubled by fear of misfortune.”
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1The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
2To know wisdom and instruction;
to discern the words of understanding;
3To receive instruction in wise dealing,
In righteousness and judgement and equity;
4To give subtilty to the simple,
To the young man knowledge and discretion:
5That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning;
And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:
6To understand a proverb, and a figure;
The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge:
But the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
8My son, hear the instruction of thy father,
And forsake not the law of thy mother:
9For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head,
And chains about thy neck.
10My son, if sinners entice thee,
Consent thou not.
11If they say, Come with us,
Let us lay wait for blood,
Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;
12Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol,
And whole, as those that go down into the pit;
13We shall find all precious substance,
We shall fill our houses with spoil;
14Thou shalt cast thy lot among us;
We will all have one purse:
15My son, walk not thou in the way with them;
Refrain thy foot from their path:
16For their feet run to evil,
And they make haste to shed blood.
17For in vain is the net spread, in the eyes of any bird:
18And these lay wait for their own blood,
They lurk privily for their own lives.
19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain;
It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
20Wisdom crieth aloud in the street;
She uttereth her voice in the broad places;
21She crieth in the chief place of concourse;
At the entering in of the gates,
In the city, she uttereth her words:
22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity?
And scorners delight them in scorning,
And fools hate knowledge?
23Turn you at my reproof:
Behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you,
I will make known my words unto you.
24Because I have called, and ye refused;
I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
25But ye have set at nought all my counsel,
And would none of my reproof:
26I also will laugh in the day of your calamity;
I will mock when your fear cometh;
27When your fear cometh as a storm,
And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind;
When distress and anguish come upon you.
28Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer;
They shall seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:
29For that they hated knowledge,
And did not choose the fear of the LORD:
30They would none of my counsel;
They despised all my reproof:
31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way,
And be filled with their own devices.
32For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them,
And the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
33But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely,
And shall be quiet without fear of evil.
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