1
The
proverbs
of
Solomon
the
son
of
David,
king
of
Israel;
2
To
know
wisdom
and
instruction;
to
perceive
the
words
of
understanding;
3
To
receive
the
instruction
of
wisdom,
justice,
and
judgment,
and
equity;
4
To
give
subtilty
to
the
simple,
to
the
young
man
knowledge
and
discretion.
5
A
wise
[man]
will
hear,
and
will
increase
learning;
and
a
man
of
understanding
shall
attain
unto
wise
counsels:
6
To
understand
a
proverb,
and
the
interpretation;
the
words
of
the
wise,
and
their
dark
sayings.
7
The
fear
of
the
LORD
[is]
the
beginning
of
knowledge:
[but]
fools
despise
wisdom
and
instruction.
8
My
son,
hear
the
instruction
of
thy
father,
and
forsake
not
the
law
of
thy
mother:
9
For
they
[shall
be]
an
ornament
of
grace
unto
thy
head,
and
chains
about
thy
neck.
10
My
son,
if
sinners
entice
thee,
consent
thou
not.
11
If
they
say,
Come
with
us,
let
us
lay
wait
for
blood,
let
us
lurk
privily
for
the
innocent
without
cause:
12
Let
us
swallow
them
up
alive
as
the
grave;
and
whole,
as
those
that
go
down
into
the
pit:
13
We
shall
find
all
precious
substance,
we
shall
fill
our
houses
with
spoil:
14
Cast
in
thy
lot
among
us;
let
us
all
have
one
purse:
15
My
son,
walk
not
thou
in
the
way
with
them;
refrain
thy
foot
from
their
path:
16
For
their
feet
run
to
evil,
and
make
haste
to
shed
blood.
17
Surely
in
vain
the
net
is
spread
in
the
sight
of
any
bird.
18
And
they
lay
wait
for
their
[own]
blood;
they
lurk
privily
for
their
[own]
lives.
19
So
[are]
the
ways
of
every
one
that
is
greedy
of
gain;
[which]
taketh
away
the
life
of
the
owners
thereof.
20
Wisdom
crieth
without;
she
uttereth
her
voice
in
the
streets:
21
She
crieth
in
the
chief
place
of
concourse,
in
the
openings
of
the
gates:
in
the
city
she
uttereth
her
words,
[saying],
22
How
long,
ye
simple
ones,
will
ye
love
simplicity?
and
the
scorners
delight
in
their
scorning,
and
fools
hate
knowledge?
23
Turn
you
at
my
reproof:
behold,
I
will
pour
out
my
spirit
unto
you,
I
will
make
known
my
words
unto
you.
24
Because
I
have
called,
and
ye
refused;
I
have
stretched
out
my
hand,
and
no
man
regarded;
25
But
ye
have
set
at
nought
all
my
counsel,
and
would
none
of
my
reproof:
26
I
also
will
laugh
at
your
calamity;
I
will
mock
when
your
fear
cometh;
27
When
your
fear
cometh
as
desolation,
and
your
destruction
cometh
as
a
whirlwind;
when
distress
and
anguish
cometh
upon
you.
28
Then
shall
they
call
upon
me,
but
I
will
not
answer;
they
shall
seek
me
early,
but
they
shall
not
find
29
For
that
they
hated
knowledge,
and
did
not
choose
the
fear
of
the
LORD:
30
They
would
none
of
my
counsel:
they
despised
all
my
reproof.
31
Therefore
shall
they
eat
of
the
fruit
of
their
own
way,
and
be
filled
with
their
own
devices.
32
For
the
turning
away
of
the
simple
shall
slay
them,
and
the
prosperity
of
fools
shall
destroy
them.
33
But
whoso
hearkeneth
unto
me
shall
dwell
safely,
and
shall
be
quiet
from
fear
of
evil.