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1The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:[#10:1; 25:1; 1 Kgs. 4:32; Eccles. 12:9]
2To know wisdom and instruction,
to understand words of insight,
3to receive instruction in wise dealing,
in righteousness, justice, and equity;
4to give prudence to the simple,[#8:5; 14:15, 18]
knowledge and discretion to the youth—
5Let the wise hear and increase in learning,[#9:9]
and the one who understands obtain guidance,
6to understand a proverb and a saying,
the words of the wise and their riddles.
7The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;[#9:10; 15:33]
fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8Hear, my son, your father’s instruction,[#6:20; Ps. 34:11; Eph. 6:1, 2]
and forsake not your mother’s teaching,
9for they are a graceful garland for your head[#4:9; 3:22]
and pendants for your neck.
10My son, if sinners entice you,[#16:29]
do not consent.
11If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood;[#18; 12:6; Jer. 5:26]
let us ambush the innocent without reason;
12like Sheol let us swallow them alive,[#Ps. 124:3; Num. 16:32, 33]
and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
13we shall find all precious goods,
we shall fill our houses with plunder;
14throw in your lot among us;
we will all have one purse”—
15my son, do not walk in the way with them;[#4:14; 24:1; Ps. 1:1]
hold back your foot from their paths,
16for their feet run to evil,[#6:18; Isa. 59:7; Rom. 3:15]
and they make haste to shed blood.
17For in vain is a net spread[#Job 40:24]
in the sight of any bird,
18but these men lie in wait for their own blood;[#11]
they set an ambush for their own lives.
19Such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain;[#Job 8:13; #15:27]
it takes away the life of its possessors.
20Wisdom cries aloud in the street,[#8:1; 9:3; John 7:37]
in the markets she raises her voice;
21at the head of the noisy streets she cries out;
at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:
22“How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?[#4]
How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing
and fools hate knowledge?
23If you turn at my reproof,[#1:23 Or Will you turn away at my reproof?]
behold, I will pour out my spirit to you;
I will make my words known to you.
24Because I have called and you refused to listen,[#Isa. 65:12; 66:4; Jer. 7:13; #Zech. 7:11]
have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,
25because you have ignored all my counsel[#Ps. 107:11]
and would have none of my reproof,
26I also will laugh at your calamity;[#Ps. 2:4]
I will mock when terror strikes you,
27when terror strikes you like a storm[#Zeph. 1:15]
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when distress and anguish come upon you.
28Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;[#1 Sam. 8:18; Job 27:9]
they will seek me diligently but will not find me.
29Because they hated knowledge[#22]
and did not choose the fear of the Lord ,
30would have none of my counsel[#25]
and despised all my reproof,
31therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way,[#Jer. 6:19]
and have their fill of their own devices.
32For the simple are killed by their turning away,[#Jer. 2:19]
and the complacency of fools destroys them;
33but whoever listens to me will dwell secure[#Ps. 25:12, 13]
and will be at ease, without dread of disaster.”