Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
Proverbs of Solomon ,
son of David, king of Israel :
These
are
the
proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel ,
For knowing
wisdom and instruction
, For understanding
sayings
of intelligence
,
for gaining
wisdom and discipline
, for comprehending
words
of insight
,
For receiving the
instruction of
wisdom,
Righteousness, judgment
, and uprightness,
and
for receiving instruction in
wise
living
and
in
righteousness, justice
, and equity.
For
giving
to simple
ones
--
prudence ,
To a
youth
--
knowledge and discretion .
To impart
prudence to the
simple
and
knowledge and discretion to
the
young,
(
The wise doth
hear
and increaseth
learning
, And the intelligent
doth
obtain
counsels.)
let
the wise listen
and gain
instruction
, and the discerning
acquire
wise
counsel
For
understanding a
proverb
and its
sweetness
, Words
of the wise and
their
acute
sayings
.
by
understanding the
proverbs
and parables
, the
sayings
and
riddles
of the wise.
Fear of Jehovah
`
is '
a
beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction
fools
have
despised!
The
fear of the
LORD
is the
beginning of knowledge, but
fools
despise
wisdom and discipline.
Hear
, my son, the
instruction of
thy
father
, And leave
not the law
of thy
mother ,
Listen
, my son, to
your
father’s
instruction, and do
not forsake
the teaching
of your
mother .
For a
graceful
wreath
`are'
they to
thy
head ,
And chains
to
thy
neck.
For they are
a
garland
of
grace
on
your
head and a
pendant
around
your
neck.
My son, if sinners entice thee
be
not willing
.
My son, if sinners entice you,
do
not yield
to
them
.
If they say, `
Come with
us
, we
lay
wait for blood, We
watch
secretly
for
the innocent without cause,
If they say, “
Come along
, let
us
lie
in
wait for blood, let
us
ambush
the innocent without cause,
We
swallow them as
Sheol
--
alive, And whole --
as
those going
down
`to'
the pit ,
let
us
swallow them alive like
Sheol
, and whole like
those descending
into
the Pit .
Every
precious
substance
we find ,
We fill our houses `
with '
spoil,
We will
find all
manner
of
precious
goods;
we will
fill our houses with plunder.
Thy
lot thou
dost
cast
among
us ,
One purse is
--
to
all
of
us.'
Throw
in
your
lot with
us ;
let
us
all
share
one purse ”—
My son !
go
not in
the way
with them ,
Withhold
thy
foot from
their path ,
my son ,
do
not walk
the road
with them or
set
foot upon
their path .
For their feet to evil do
run
, And they haste
to shed blood.
For their feet run
to evil, and they are
swift
to shed blood.
Surely
in
vain
is the
net
spread out
before
the eyes
of
any bird .
How
futile
it
is to
spread the net
where
any bird can
see
it!
And
they for their own blood lay
wait,
They watch
secretly
for
their own lives.
But
they lie
in
wait
for their own blood ;
they ambush
their own lives.
So
`are'
the paths
of
every
gainer
of dishonest
gain
, The life
of its owners
it
taketh
.
Such
is
the fate
of all
who
are
greedy
, whose
unjust
gain
takes
the lives
of its possessors
.
Wisdom in
an
out -place
crieth
aloud,
In broad
places
she giveth
forth
her voice ,
Wisdom calls
out in the
street,
she lifts
her voice in
the
square;
At
the
head
of
the
multitudes
she
calleth,
In the openings
of
the
gates
, In
the city her
sayings
she saith
:
in the main
concourse
she
cries
aloud
, at
the city gates
she makes
her
speech
:
`Till
when
, ye
simple, do
ye
love simplicity
? And
have
scorners
their scorning
desired?
And do
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
back
at my reproof,
lo
, I pour
forth
to
you
my spirit ,
I make
known
my words with
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
refuse,
I
stretched
out
my hand, and
none
is
attending,
Because you
refused
my
call
, and no
one
took
my outstretched
hand,
And
ye
slight
all my counsel, And my reproof
ye
have
not
desired.
because
you
neglected
all my counsel, and wanted
none
of
my correction,
I
also
in your calamity do
laugh,
I deride
when your
fear
cometh
,
in turn
I
will
mock
your calamity ;
I will
sneer
when terror
strikes
you
,
When your fear
cometh
as
destruction
, And your calamity
as
a hurricane
doth
come
, When on
you
come
adversity
and
distress.
when your dread
comes
like
a
storm
, and your destruction
like
a whirlwind
, when distress and
anguish
overwhelm
you
.
Then they call me, and
I do
not answer ,
They seek me earnestly
, and
find me not
.
Then they will
call on
me, but
I will
not answer ;
they will
earnestly
seek me, but
will
not
find me.
Because
that
they have
hated knowledge ,
And the
fear
of
Jehovah
have
not chosen
.
For
they hated knowledge and chose
not to
fear
the
LORD
.
They have
not
consented
to
my counsel ,
They have
despised all my reproof ,
They accepted
none
of
my counsel ;
they despised all my reproof .
And
they eat of
the fruit of their way, And from
their own counsels
they
are
filled
.
So
they will
eat the fruit of their own
way, and be
filled
with
their own devices
.
For the turning
of the simple slayeth
them, And the security
of the
foolish
destroyeth
them.
For the waywardness
of the simple will
slay
them, and the complacency
of fools
will
destroy
them.
And
whoso
is
hearkening
to me dwelleth
confidently
, And
`is'
quiet
from fear of evil !'
But
whoever
listens
to me will
dwell
in
safety
, secure
from the
fear of evil .”
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