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Proverbs 1

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The proverbsh4912 of Solomonh8010 the sonh1121 of Davidh1732, kingh4428 of Israelh3478;

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To knowh3045h8800 wisdomh2451 and instructionh4148; to perceiveh995h8687 the wordsh561 of understandingh998;

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To receiveh3947h8800 the instructionh4148 of wisdomh7919h8687, justiceh6664, and judgmenth4941, and equityh4339; equity: Heb. equities

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To giveh5414h8800 subtiltyh6195 to the simpleh6612, to the young manh5288 knowledgeh1847 and discretionh4209. discretion: or, advisement

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A wiseh2450 man will hearh8085h8799, and will increaseh3254h8686 learningh3948; and a man of understandingh995h8737 shall attainh7069h8799 unto wise counselsh8458:

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To understandh995h8687 a proverbh4912, and the interpretationh4426; the wordsh1697 of the wiseh2450, and their dark sayingsh2420. the interpretation: or, an eloquent speech

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The fearh3374 of the LORDh3068 is the beginningh7225 of knowledgeh1847: but foolsh191 despiseh936h8804 wisdomh2451 and instructionh4148. the beginning: or, the principal part

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My sonh1121, hearh8085h8798 the instructionh4148 of thy fatherh1, and forsakeh5203h8799 not the lawh8451 of thy motherh517:

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For they shall be an ornamenth3880 of graceh2580 unto thy headh7218, and chainsh6060 about thy neckh1621. an...: Heb. an adding

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My sonh1121, if sinnersh2400 enticeh6601h8762 thee, consenth14h8799 thou not.

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If they sayh559h8799, Comeh3212h8798 with us, let us lay waith693h8799 for bloodh1818, let us lurkh6845h8799 privily for the innocenth5355 without causeh2600:

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Let us swallow them uph1104h8799 aliveh2416 as the graveh7585; and wholeh8549, as those that go downh3381h8802 into the pith953:

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We shall findh4672h8799 all precioush3368 substanceh1952, we shall fillh4390h8762 our housesh1004 with spoilh7998:

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Casth5307h8686 in thy loth1486 amongh8432 us; let us all have oneh259 purseh3599:

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My sonh1121, walkh3212h8799 not thou in the wayh1870 with them; refrainh4513h8798 thy footh7272 from their pathh5410:

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For their feeth7272 runh7323h8799 to evilh7451, and make hasteh4116h8762 to shedh8210h8800 bloodh1818.

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Surely in vainh2600 the neth7568 is spreadh2219h8794 in the sighth5869 of any birdh1167h3671. in the...: Heb. in the eyes of every thing that hath a wing

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And they lay waith693h8799 for their own bloodh1818; they lurk privilyh6845h8799 for their own livesh5315.

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So are the waysh734 of every one that is greedyh1214h8802 of gainh1215; which taketh awayh3947h8799 the lifeh5315 of the ownersh1167 thereof.

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Wisdomh2454 criethh7442h8799 withouth2351; she utterethh5414h8799 her voiceh6963 in the streetsh7339: Wisdom: Heb. Wisdoms, that is, Excellent wisdom

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She criethh7121h8799 in the chief placeh7218 of concourseh1993h8802, in the openingsh6607 of the gatesh8179: in the cityh5892 she utterethh559h8799 her wordsh561, saying ,

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How long, ye simple onesh6612, will ye loveh157h8799 simplicityh6612? and the scornersh3887h8801 delighth2530h8804 in their scorningh3944, and foolsh3684 hateh8130h8799 knowledgeh1847?

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Turnh7725h8799 you at my reproofh8433: behold, I will pour outh5042h8686 my spirith7307 unto you, I will make knownh3045h8686 my wordsh1697 unto you.

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Because I have calledh7121h8804, and ye refusedh3985h8762; I have stretched outh5186h8804 my handh3027, and no man regardedh7181h8688;

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But ye have set at noughth6544h8799 all my counselh6098, and wouldh14h8804 none of my reproofh8433:

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I also will laughh7832h8799 at your calamityh343; I will mockh3932h8799 when your fearh6343 comethh935h8800;

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When your fearh6343 comethh935h8800 as desolationh7722h8675h7584, and your destructionh343 comethh857h8799 as a whirlwindh5492; when distressh6869 and anguishh6695 comethh935h8800 upon you.

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Then shall they callh7121h8799 upon me, but I will not answerh6030h8799; they shall seek me earlyh7836h8762, but they shall not findh4672h8799 me:

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For that they hatedh8130h8804 knowledgeh1847, and did not chooseh977h8804 the fearh3374 of the LORDh3068:

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They wouldh14h8804 none of my counselh6098: they despisedh5006h8804 all my reproofh8433.

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Therefore shall they eath398h8799 of the fruith6529 of their own wayh1870, and be filledh7646h8799 with their own devicesh4156.

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For the turning awayh4878 of the simpleh6612 shall slayh2026h8799 them, and the prosperityh7962 of foolsh3684 shall destroyh6h8762 them. turning...: or, ease of the simple

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But whoso hearkenethh8085h8802 unto me shall dwellh7931h8799 safelyh983, and shall be quieth7599h8768 from fearh6343 of evilh7451.



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