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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1The proverbs of David's son Solomon, king of Israel. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2These proverbs are for gaining wisdom and discipline; for understanding words of insight; |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3for acquiring the discipline that produces wise behavior, righteousness, justice, and upright living; |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4for giving prudence to the naïve, and knowledge and discretion to the young. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Let the wise listen and increase their learning; let the person of understanding receive guidance |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6in understanding proverbs, clever sayings, words of the wise, and their riddles. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8My son, listen to your father's instruction, and do not let go of your mother's teaching. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9They will be a graceful wreath for your head and a chain for your neck. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11If they say, "Come with us! Let's lie in wait for blood; let's ambush some innocent person for no reason at all. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Let's swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those who go down into the Pit. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13We'll find all kinds of valuable wealth, and we'll fill our houses with spoil. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Throw your lot in with us, and all of us will have one purse." |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15My son, do not go along with them, and keep your feet away from their paths! |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16For they run toward evil; these enticers shed blood without hesitation. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Look, it is useless to spread a net in full view of all the birds, |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18but these people lie in wait for their own blood. They ambush only themselves. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Such is the way of all those who seek illicit gain— it takes away the lives of those who possess it. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Wisdom cries out in the street; she raises her voice in the public squares. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21She calls out at the busiest part of the noisy streets, and at the entrance to the gates of the city she utters her words: |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22"You naïve ones, how long will you love naivete? And how long will scoffers delight in scoffing or fools hate knowledge?" |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Return to my correction! Look, I will pour out my spirit on you, and I will make my words known to you. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24"Because I called out to you and you refused to respond— I appealed, but no one paid attention— |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25because you neglected all my advice and did not want my correction, |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26I will laugh at your calamity. I will mock when what you fear comes, |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27when what you dread comes like a storm, and your calamity comes on like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28"Then they will call out to me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently, but they will not find me. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29"Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD; |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30they did not want my advice, and they rejected all my correction. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31They will eat the fruit of their way, and they will be filled with their own devices. |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32Indeed, the waywardness of the naïve will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them. |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33"But the person who listens to me will live safely and will be secure from the fear of evil." |
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