Mishle 1
1
1Mishlei Sh'lomo Ben Dovid, Melech Yisroel;
2To have da'as of chochmah and musar (discipline); to understand the words of binah;
3To receive the musar of those with seichel, tzedek and mishpat, and meisharim (equity, uprightness);
4To give subtlety to the simple, to the na'ar, da'as and discretion.
5A chacham (wise person) will hear, and will increase learning, and a man of understanding shall acquire wise counsel:
6To understand a mashal (proverb), and the melitzah (enigma); the divrei chachamim, and their chidot (riddles).
7The Yirat Hashem is the reshit da'as, but fools despise chochmah and musar.
8Beni (my son), hear the musar Avicha, and forsake not the Torat Immecha.
9For they shall be a garland of chen unto thy rosh, and a chain about thy neck.
10Beni (my son), if chatt'aim (sinners) entice thee, consent thou not.
11If they say, Come with us, let us lie in wait for dahm, let us lurk secretly for the naki (innocent, harmless) chinnom (without cause);
12Let us swallow them up chayyim (alive) like She'ol; and whole, as those that go down into the bor (pit);
13We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill bateinu (our houses) with plunder;
14Throw in thy goral (lot) among us; let all of us have kis echad (one pouch, purse).
15Beni (my son), walk not thou in the derech with them; refrain thy regel from their path;
16For their raglayim run to rah, and make haste for shefach dahm (shedding of blood).
17Surely in vain the reshet (net) is spread in the eyes of kol ba'al kanaf (all the birds);#1:17 i.e., lit. master of [the] wing
18And they lie in wait for their own dahm; they lurk secretly for their own nafshot.
19So are the ways of every one that is greedy for betza (ill-gotten gain); which taketh away the nefesh of the be'alim (owners) thereof.
20Chochmot crieth out in the street; she lifts up her voice in the rechovot (city squares);
21She crieth out in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the she'arim (gates); in the Ir (city) she uttereth her words, saying,
22Ad mosai, ye simple ones, will ye love being simpletons? And the scoffers delight in their mockery, and kesilim (fools) hate da'as?
23Turn you at my tokhechah (reproof); hinei, I will pour out my ruach unto you, I will make known my devarim unto you.
24Because I have called, and ye refused, I have stretched out my yad, and no man regarded;
25But ye have disdained all my etza (counsel), and would have none of my tokhechah (reproof);
26I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your pachad (terror) cometh;
27When your pachad (terror) cometh like a storm, and your calamity cometh like a whirlwind; when tzarah (distress) and oppression cometh upon you.
28Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall look for me diligently, but they shall not find me;
29For that they hated da'as, and did not choose the Yirat Hashem;
30They would have none of my etza (counsel); they despised all my tokhechah (reproof).
31Therefore shall they eat of the p'ri (fruit) of their own derech, and be filled with their own mo'atzot (schemes, devices).
32For the waywardness of the simple shall slay them, and the complacent contentment of kesilim (fools) shall destroy them.
33But the one who payeth heed unto me#1:33 Chochmat Hashem, i.e., the Redemptive Word, not only Hashemʼs creative agent (Ps 33:6; Prov 8:30; 30:4) but the one who comes with a healing mission according to Ps 107:20, though Moshiach has to die in the midst of his healing Mission to accomplish our healing from guilt and punitive dread — Isa 53:5 shall dwell safely, and shall be secure from pachad ra'ah (terror of evil).
Currently Selected:
Mishle 1: TOJB2011
Highlight
Share
Copy
Want to have your highlights saved across all your devices? Sign up or sign in
THE ORTHODOX JEWISH BIBLE
FOURTH EDITION © Artists For Israel Intl Inc., 2002-2011, 2021.
Proverbs 1
1
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.
Currently Selected:
:
Highlight
Share
Copy
Want to have your highlights saved across all your devices? Sign up or sign in
maintained by the British and Foreign Bible Society