Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
The proverbs of Solomon the
son of David, king of Israel :
These
are
the proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel ,
To
know
wisdom and instruction;
To
discern
the
words of understanding;
for
gaining
wisdom and discipline,
for
comprehending
words of insight,
To
receive
instruction in wise dealing,
In righteousness and
justice and equity ;
and
for
receiving
instruction in wise living
and
in righteousness ,
justice ,
and equity .
To give
prudence to the simple ,
To
the
young
man
knowledge and discretion :
To impart
prudence to the simple and
knowledge and discretion to
the
young,
That
the wise man
may
hear,
and increase
in
learning;
And that
the man
of
understanding
may
attain
unto
sound
counsels:
let
the wise listen
and gain
instruction,
and the discerning
acquire
wise
counsel
To
understand
a
proverb,
and a
figure
, The words
of the wise ,
and
their
dark
sayings
.
by
understanding
the
proverbs
and parables
, the sayings
and
riddles
of the wise.
The fear of Jehovah
is the beginning of knowledge ;
`
But '
the
foolish
despise wisdom and instruction
.
The fear of the
LORD
is the beginning of knowledge ,
but fools
despise wisdom and discipline
.
My son, hear
the
instruction of
thy
father
, And forsake
not the law
of thy
mother :
Listen,
my son, to
your
father’s
instruction, and do
not forsake
the teaching
of your
mother .
For they shall
be
a chaplet
of grace unto
thy
head ,
And chains
about
thy
neck.
For they are
a garland
of grace on
your
head and a
pendant
around
your
neck.
My son, if sinners entice thee
, Consent
thou
not.
My son, if sinners entice you
, do
not yield
to
them
.
If they say, Come with
us
, Let us lay
wait for blood ;
Let us lurk
privily
for
the innocent without cause ;
If they say, “
Come along
, let us lie
in
wait for blood ,
let us ambush
the innocent without cause ,
Let us swallow them up
alive as
Sheol, And whole ,
as
those that
go
down
into the pit ;
let us swallow them alive like
Sheol, and whole like
those descending
into the Pit .
We shall
find all precious substance
; We shall
fill our houses with spoil;
We will
find all manner
of
precious goods
; we will
fill our houses with plunder.
Thou
shalt
cast
thy
lot among
us; We
will
all have
one purse :
Throw
in
your
lot with
us; let
us
all share
one purse ”—
My son, walk
not thou
in
the way
with them ;
Refrain
thy
foot from
their path :
my son, do
not walk
the road
with them or
set
foot upon
their path .
For their feet run to evil, And they make
haste
to shed blood.
For their feet run to evil, and they are
swift
to shed blood.
For
in
vain
is the
net
spread In
the sight
of
any bird :
How
futile
it
is to
spread the net
where
any bird can
see
it!
And
these
lay
wait for their own blood; They lurk
privily
for
their own lives.
But
they
lie
in
wait for their own blood; they ambush
their own lives.
So
are
the ways
of every
one
that
is
greedy of
gain ;
It
taketh
away
the life
of the
owners
thereof
.
Such
is
the fate
of all
who
are
greedy ,
whose
unjust
gain takes
the lives
of its
possessors
.
Wisdom crieth
aloud
in the street ;
She uttereth
her voice in the broad
places
;
Wisdom calls
out
in the street ,
she lifts
her voice in the square
;
She
crieth
in the chief
place
of
concourse ;
At
the
entrance
of
the
gates
, In
the city ,
she uttereth
her words
:
in the main
concourse she
cries
aloud
, at
the city gates
she makes
her speech
:
How long, ye
simple ones, will ye
love simplicity
? And
scoffers delight them
in scoffing,
And fools hate knowledge?
“
How long, O
simple ones, will you
love your
simple
ways
? How
long
will
scoffers delight in their
scorn
and fools hate knowledge?
Turn
you at my reproof:
Behold
, I will
pour
out my spirit upon
you; I will
make
known
my words unto
you.
If
you had
repented
at my rebuke
, then
surely
I would
have
poured
out my spirit on
you; I would
have
made
my words known
to
you.
Because I
have
called,
and
ye
have
refused ;
I
have
stretched
out
my hand
, and no man
hath
regarded;
Because you
refused my call
, and no one
took
my
outstretched
hand,
But
ye
have
set
at
nought
all my counsel, And would
none of my reproof:
because
you
neglected
all my counsel, and wanted
none of my correction,
I also
will laugh
in
`the
day
of'
your calamity; I will mock
when your
fear
cometh;
in
turn
I will mock
your calamity; I will sneer
when terror
strikes
you,
When your fear
cometh
as
a storm, And your calamity
cometh
on
as
a whirlwind ;
When distress and anguish come
upon
you.
when your dread
comes
like
a storm, and your destruction
like
a whirlwind ,
when distress and anguish overwhelm
you.
Then will
they call upon
me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently
, but they
shall
not find me :
Then they will
call on
me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly
seek me, but will
not find me .
For that
they hated knowledge ,
And did
not choose
the
fear of
Jehovah:
For they hated knowledge and chose
not to
fear the
LORD.
They would
none of my counsel; They despised all my reproof.
They accepted
none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.
Therefore
shall
they eat of
the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices.
So
they will
eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
For the backsliding
of the simple shall
slay them, And the careless
ease
of fools shall
destroy them.
For the waywardness
of the simple will
slay them, and the complacency
of fools will
destroy them.
But whoso
hearkeneth
unto
me shall
dwell securely
, And
shall
be
quiet
without
fear of evil.
But whoever
listens
to
me will
dwell in
safety
, secure
from
the
fear of evil. ”
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