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Proverbs 1

The Usefulness of Proverbs

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The  aproverbs of Solomon  bthe son of David, king of Israel:

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To know  awisdom and instruction, To discern the sayings of  bunderstanding,

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To  areceive instruction in wise behavior,  bRighteousness, justice and equity;

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To give  aprudence to the  1naive, To the youth  bknowledge and discretion,

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A wise man will hear and  aincrease in learning, And a  bman of understanding will acquire wise counsel,

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To understand a proverb and a figure, The words of the wise and their  ariddles.

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 aThe fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

The Enticement of Sinners

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 aHear, my son, your father's instruction And  bdo not forsake your mother's teaching;

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Indeed, they are a  agraceful wreath to your head And  1 bornaments about your neck.

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My son, if sinners  aentice you,  bDo not consent.

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If they say, "Come with us, Let us  alie in wait for blood, Let us  bambush the innocent without cause;

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Let us  aswallow them alive like Sheol, Even whole, as those who  bgo down to the pit;

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We will find all kinds of precious wealth, We will fill our houses with spoil;

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Throw in your lot  1with us, We shall all have one purse,"

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My son,  ado not walk in the way with them.  bKeep your feet from their path,

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For  atheir feet run to evil And they hasten to shed blood.

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Indeed, it is  1useless to spread the baited net In the sight of any  2bird;

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But they  alie in wait for their own blood; They ambush their own lives.

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So are the ways of everyone who  agains by violence; It takes away the life of its possessors.

Wisdom Warns

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 aWisdom shouts in the street, She  1lifts her voice in the square;

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At the head of the noisy streets she cries out; At the entrance of the gates in the city she utters her sayings:

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"How long, O  1 anaive ones, will you love  2being simple-minded? And  bscoffers delight themselves in scoffing And fools  chate knowledge?

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"Turn to my reproof, Behold, I will  apour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.

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"Because  aI called and you  brefused, I  cstretched out my hand and no one paid attention;

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And you  aneglected all my counsel And did not  bwant my reproof;

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I will also  alaugh at your  bcalamity; I will mock when your  cdread comes,

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When your dread comes like a storm And your calamity comes like a  awhirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.

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"Then they will  acall on me, but I will not answer; They will  bseek me diligently but they will not find me,

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Because they  ahated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the LORD.

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"They  awould not accept my counsel, They spurned all my reproof.

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"So they shall  aeat of the fruit of their own way And be  bsatiated with their own devices.

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"For the  awaywardness of the  1naive will kill them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them.

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"But  ahe who listens to me shall  1live securely And will be at ease from the dread of evil."



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