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Themes in Proverbs 1
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Themes in Proverbs 1

Proverbs 1:1

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:

Proverbs 1:2

To know wisdom and instruction,
To discern the sayings of understanding,

Proverbs 1:3

To receive instruction in wise behavior,
Righteousness, justice and equity;

Proverbs 1:4

To give prudence to the naive,
To the youth knowledge and discretion,

Proverbs 1:5

A wise man will hear and increase in learning,
And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel,
No Themes for this verse.

Proverbs 1:6

To understand a proverb and a figure,
The words of the wise and their riddles.
No Themes for this verse.

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 1:8

Hear, my son, your father’s instruction
And do not forsake your mother’s teaching;

Proverbs 1:9

Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head
And ornaments about your neck.

Proverbs 1:10

My son, if sinners entice you,
Do not consent.

Proverbs 1:11

If they say, “Come with us,
Let us lie in wait for blood,
Let us ambush the innocent without cause;

Proverbs 1:12

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

Proverbs 1:13

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

Proverbs 1:14

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

Proverbs 1:15

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

Proverbs 1:16

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

Proverbs 1:17

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

Proverbs 1:18

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

Proverbs 1:19

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

Proverbs 1:20

Wisdom shouts in the street,
She lifts her voice in the square;

Proverbs 1:21

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

Proverbs 1:22

“How long, O naive ones, will you love being simple-minded?
And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing
And fools hate knowledge?

Proverbs 1:23

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

Proverbs 1:24

“Because I called and you refused,
I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention;

Proverbs 1:25

And you neglected all my counsel
And did not want my reproof;

Proverbs 1:26

I will also laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when your dread comes,

Proverbs 1:27

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

Proverbs 1:28

“Then they will call on me, but I will not answer;
They will seek me diligently but they will not find me,

Proverbs 1:29

Because they hated knowledge
And did not choose the fear of the Lord.

Proverbs 1:30

“They would not accept my counsel,
They spurned all my reproof.

Proverbs 1:31

“So they shall eat of the fruit of their own way
And be satiated with their own devices.

Proverbs 1:32

“For the waywardness of the naive will kill them,
And the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Proverbs 1:33

“But he who listens to me shall live securely
And will be at ease from the dread of evil.”
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