| Berean Study Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1These are the proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel, | 1The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: |
| 2for gaining wisdom and discipline, for comprehending words of insight, | 2To know wisdom and instruction, To discern the sayings of understanding, |
| 3and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity. | 3To receive instruction in wise behavior, Righteousness, justice and equity; |
| 4To impart prudence to the simple and knowledge and discretion to the young, | 4To give prudence to the naive, To the youth knowledge and discretion, |
| 5let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel | 5A wise man will hear and increase in learning, And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel, |
| 6by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise. | 6To understand a proverb and a figure, The words of the wise and their riddles. |
| 7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline. | 7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction. |
| 8Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother. | 8Hear, my son, your father's instruction And do not forsake your mother's teaching; |
| 9For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck. | 9Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head And ornaments about your neck. |
| 10My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them. | 10My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent. |
| 11If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause, | 11If they say, "Come with us, Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us ambush the innocent without cause; |
| 12let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit. | 12Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, Even whole, as those who go down to the pit; |
| 13We will find all manner of precious goods; we will fill our houses with plunder. | 13We will find all kinds of precious wealth, We will fill our houses with spoil; |
| 14Throw in your lot with us; let us all share one purse”— | 14Throw in your lot with us, We shall all have one purse," |
| 15my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path. | 15My son, do not walk in the way with them. Keep your feet from their path, |
| 16For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood. | 16For their feet run to evil And they hasten to shed blood. |
| 17How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it! | 17Indeed, it is useless to spread the baited net In the sight of any bird; |
| 18But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives. | 18But they lie in wait for their own blood; They ambush their own lives. |
| 19Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors. | 19So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence; It takes away the life of its possessors. |
| 20Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square; | 20Wisdom shouts in the street, She lifts her voice in the square; |
| 21in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech: | 21At the head of the noisy streets she cries out; At the entrance of the gates in the city she utters her sayings: |
| 22“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge? | 22"How long, O naive ones, will you love being simple-minded? And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing And fools hate knowledge? |
| 23If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you. | 23"Turn to my reproof, Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you. |
| 24Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand, | 24"Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention; |
| 25because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction, | 25And you neglected all my counsel And did not want my reproof; |
| 26in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you, | 26I will also laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your dread comes, |
| 27when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you. | 27When your dread comes like a storm And your calamity comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you. |
| 28Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me. | 28"Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently but they will not find me, |
| 29For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD. | 29Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the LORD. |
| 30They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof. | 30"They would not accept my counsel, They spurned all my reproof. |
| 31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. | 31"So they shall eat of the fruit of their own way And be satiated with their own devices. |
| 32For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them. | 32"For the waywardness of the naive will kill them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them. |
| 33But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.” | 33"But he who listens to me shall live securely And will be at ease from the dread of evil." |
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