Proverbs 1:1-9 ▼

1 The prouerbes of Solomon the sonne of Dauid, kyng of Israel:

2 To learne wisdome and instruction, & to perceaue the wordes of vnderstandyng,

3 To receaue the instruction of wisdome, iustice, iudgement, and equitie:

4 To geue wyt vnto the simple, and that the young men myght haue knowledge and vnderstandyng.

5 The wise man wyll geue eare, and wyll come by more wisdome, and he that is endued with vnderstanding shal attayne vnto wise counsayles.

6 To vnderstande a parable, and the interpretation therof, the wordes of the wise, and their darke speaches.

7 The feare of the Lorde is the begynnyng of knowledge: but fooles dispise wisdome and instruction.

8 My sonne, heare thy fathers doctrine, & forsake not the lawe of thy mother:

9 For they shalbe an encrease of grace vnto thy head, and as a chayne about thy necke.