1:1 The proverbs 4912 of Solomon 8010 the son 1121 of David 1732, king 4428 of Israel 3478;

1:2 To know 3045 8800 wisdom 2451 and instruction 4148; to perceive 995 8687 the words 561 of understanding 998;

1:3 To receive 3947 8800 the instruction 4148 of wisdom 7919 8687, justice 6664, and judgment 4941, and equity 4339;(equity: Heb. equities)

1:4 To give 5414 8800 subtilty 6195 to the simple 6612, to the young man 5288 knowledge 1847 and discretion 4209.(discretion: or, advisement)

1:5 A wise 2450 [man] will hear 8085 8799, and will increase 3254 8686 learning 3948; and a man of understanding 995 8737 shall attain 7069 8799 unto wise counsels 8458:

1:6 To understand 995 8687 a proverb 4912, and the interpretation 4426; the words 1697 of the wise 2450, and their dark sayings 2420.(the interpretation: or, an eloquent speech)

1:7 The fear 3374 of the LORD 3068 [is] the beginning 7225 of knowledge 1847: [but] fools 191 despise 936 8804 wisdom 2451 and instruction 4148.(the beginning: or, the principal part)

1:8 My son 1121, hear 8085 8798 the instruction 4148 of thy father 1, and forsake 5203 8799 not the law 8451 of thy mother 517:

1:9 For they [shall be] an ornament 3880 of grace 2580 unto thy head 7218, and chains 6060 about thy neck 1621.(an…: Heb. an adding)

1:10 My son 1121, if sinners 2400 entice 6601 8762 thee, consent 14 8799 thou not.

1:11 If they say 559 8799, Come 3212 8798 with us, let us lay wait 693 8799 for blood 1818, let us lurk 6845 8799 privily for the innocent 5355 without cause 2600:

1:12 Let us swallow them up 1104 8799 alive 2416 as the grave 7585; and whole 8549, as those that go down 3381 8802 into the pit 953:

1:13 We shall find 4672 8799 all precious 3368 substance 1952, we shall fill 4390 8762 our houses 1004 with spoil 7998:

1:14 Cast 5307 8686 in thy lot 1486 among 8432 us; let us all have one 259 purse 3599:

1:15 My son 1121, walk 3212 8799 not thou in the way 1870 with them; refrain 4513 8798 thy foot 7272 from their path 5410:

1:16 For their feet 7272 run 7323 8799 to evil 7451, and make haste 4116 8762 to shed 8210 8800 blood 1818.

1:17 Surely in vain 2600 the net 7568 is spread 2219 8794 in the sight 5869 of any bird 1167 3671.(in the…: Heb. in the eyes of every thing that hath a wing)

1:18 And they lay wait 693 8799 for their [own] blood 1818; they lurk privily 6845 8799 for their [own] lives 5315.

1:19 So [are] the ways 734 of every one that is greedy 1214 8802 of gain 1215; [which] taketh away 3947 8799 the life 5315 of the owners 1167 thereof.

1:20 Wisdom 2454 crieth 7442 8799 without 2351; she uttereth 5414 8799 her voice 6963 in the streets 7339:(Wisdom: Heb. Wisdoms, that is, Excellent wisdom)

1:21 She crieth 7121 8799 in the chief place 7218 of concourse 1993 8802, in the openings 6607 of the gates 8179: in the city 5892 she uttereth 559 8799 her words 561, [saying],

1:22 How long, ye simple ones 6612, will ye love 157 8799 simplicity 6612? and the scorners 3887 8801 delight 2530 8804 in their scorning 3944, and fools 3684 hate 8130 8799 knowledge 1847?

1:23 Turn 7725 8799 you at my reproof 8433: behold, I will pour out 5042 8686 my spirit 7307 unto you, I will make known 3045 8686 my words 1697 unto you.

1:24 Because I have called 7121 8804, and ye refused 3985 8762; I have stretched out 5186 8804 my hand 3027, and no man regarded 7181 8688;

1:25 But ye have set at nought 6544 8799 all my counsel 6098, and would 14 8804 none of my reproof 8433:

1:26 I also will laugh 7832 8799 at your calamity 343; I will mock 3932 8799 when your fear 6343 cometh 935 8800;

1:27 When your fear 6343 cometh 935 8800 as desolation 7722 8675 7584, and your destruction 343 cometh 857 8799 as a whirlwind 5492; when distress 6869 and anguish 6695 cometh 935 8800 upon you.

1:28 Then shall they call 7121 8799 upon me, but I will not answer 6030 8799; they shall seek me early 7836 8762, but they shall not find 4672 8799 me:

1:29 For that they hated 8130 8804 knowledge 1847, and did not choose 977 8804 the fear 3374 of the LORD 3068:

1:30 They would 14 8804 none of my counsel 6098: they despised 5006 8804 all my reproof 8433.

1:31 Therefore shall they eat 398 8799 of the fruit 6529 of their own way 1870, and be filled 7646 8799 with their own devices 4156.

1:32 For the turning away 4878 of the simple 6612 shall slay 2026 8799 them, and the prosperity 7962 of fools 3684 shall destroy 6 8762 them.(turning…: or, ease of the simple)

1:33 But whoso hearkeneth 8085 8802 unto me shall dwell 7931 8799 safely 983, and shall be quiet 7599 8768 from fear 6343 of evil 7451.

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