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The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: |
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To know wisdom and instruction, To perceive the words of understanding, |
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To receive the instruction of wisdom, Justice, judgment, and equity; |
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To give prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion -- |
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A wise [man] will hear and increase learning, And a man of understanding will attain wise counsel, |
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To understand a proverb and an enigma, The words of the wise and their riddles. |
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The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge, [But] fools despise wisdom and instruction. |
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My son, hear the instruction of your father, And do not forsake the law of your mother; |
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For they [will be] a graceful ornament on your head, And chains about your neck. |
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My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent. |
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If they say, "Come with us, Let us lie in wait to [shed] blood; Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause; |
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Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, And whole, like those who go down to the Pit; |
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We shall find all [kinds] of precious possessions, We shall fill our houses with spoil; |
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Cast in your lot among us, Let us all have one purse" -- |
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My son, do not walk in the way with them, Keep your foot from their path; |
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For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood. |
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Surely, in vain the net is spread In the sight of any bird; |
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But they lie in wait for their [own] blood, They lurk secretly for their [own] lives. |
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So [are] the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; It takes away the life of its owners. |
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Wisdom calls aloud outside; She raises her voice in the open squares. |
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She cries out in the chief concourses, At the openings of the gates in the city She speaks her words: |
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"How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, And fools hate knowledge. |
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Turn at my rebuke; Surely I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you. |
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Because I have called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded, |
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Because you disdained all my counsel, And would have none of my rebuke, |
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I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your terror comes, |
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When your terror comes like a storm, And your destruction comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you. |
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"Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me. |
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Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the LORD, |
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They would have none of my counsel [And] despised my every rebuke. |
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Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, And be filled to the full with their own fancies. |
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For the turning away of the simple will slay them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them; |
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But whoever listens to me will dwell safely, And will be secure, without fear of evil." |
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