Proverbs 1

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Proverbs 1

The Usefulness of Proverbs

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1} The ^(A)proverbs of Solomon ^(B)the son of David, king of Israel:

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To know ^(C)wisdom and instruction,
To discern the sayings of ^(D)understanding,

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To ^(E)receive instruction in wise behavior,
^(F)Righteousness, justice and equity;

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To give ^(G)prudence to the ^(a)naive,
To the youth ^(H)knowledge and discretion,

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A wise man will hear and ^(I)increase in learning,
And a ^(J)man of understanding will acquire wise counsel,

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To understand a proverb and a figure,
The words of the wise and their ^(K)riddles.

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^(L)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

The Enticement of Sinners

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^(M)Hear, my son, your father’s instruction
And ^(N)do not forsake your mother’s teaching;

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Indeed, they are a ^(O)graceful wreath to your head
And ^(b)^(P)ornaments about your neck.

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My son, if sinners ^(Q)entice you,
^(R)Do not consent.

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

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Let us ^(U)swallow them alive like Sheol,
Even whole, as those who ^(V)go down to the pit;

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

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Throw in your lot ^(c)with us,
We shall all have one purse,”

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My son, ^(W)do not walk in the way with them.
^(X)Keep your feet from their path,

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For ^(Y)their feet run to evil
And they hasten to shed blood.

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Indeed, it is ^(d)useless to spread the baited net
In the sight of any ^(e)bird;

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But they ^(Z)lie in wait for their own blood;
They ambush their own lives.

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

Wisdom Warns

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^(AB)Wisdom shouts in the street,
She ^(f)lifts her voice in the square;

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

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“How long, O ^(g)^(AC)naive ones, will you love ^(h)being simple-minded?
And ^(AD)scoffers delight themselves in scoffing
And fools ^(AE)hate knowledge?

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

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“Because ^(AG)I called and you ^(AH)refused,
I ^(AI)stretched out my hand and no one paid attention;

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And you ^(AJ)neglected all my counsel
And did not ^(AK)want my reproof;

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I will also ^(AL)laugh at your ^(AM)calamity;
I will mock when your ^(AN)dread comes,

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

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“Then they will ^(AP)call on me, but I will not answer;
They will ^(AQ)seek me diligently but they will not find me,

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Because they ^(AR)hated knowledge
And did not choose the fear of the Lord.

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“They ^(AS)would not accept my counsel,
They spurned all my reproof.

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“So they shall ^(AT)eat of the fruit of their own way
And be ^(AU)satiated with their own devices.

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“For the ^(AV)waywardness of the ⁽ⁱ⁾naive will kill them,
And the complacency of fools will destroy them.

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

Footnotes:

a. Proverbs 1:4: ['Lit ', simple ones]

b. Proverbs 1:9: ['Lit ', necklaces]

c. Proverbs 1:14: ['Lit ', in the midst of us]

d. Proverbs 1:17: ['Lit ', in vain]

e. Proverbs 1:17: ['Lit ', possessor of wing]

f. Proverbs 1:20: ['Lit ', gives]

g. Proverbs 1:22: ['Lit ', simple ones]

h. Proverbs 1:22: ['Or ', naivete]

i. Proverbs 1:32: ['Lit ', simple ones]

j. Proverbs 1:33: ['Lit ', dwell]

Cross references:

A. Proverbs 1:1: Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 25:1

C. Proverbs 1:2: Proverbs 15:33

D. Proverbs 1:2: Proverbs 4:1

E. Proverbs 1:3: Proverbs 2:1; Proverbs 19:20

F. Proverbs 1:3: Proverbs 2:9

G. Proverbs 1:4: Proverbs 8:5; Proverbs 8:12

H. Proverbs 1:4: Proverbs 2:10; Proverbs 2:11; Proverbs 3:21

I. Proverbs 1:5: Proverbs 9:9

J. Proverbs 1:5: Proverbs 14:6

K. Proverbs 1:6: Numbers 12:8; Psalm 49:4; Psalm 78:2; Daniel 8:23

L. Proverbs 1:7: Job 28:28; Psalm 111:10; Proverbs 9:10; Proverbs 15:33

M. Proverbs 1:8: Proverbs 4:1

N. Proverbs 1:8: Proverbs 6:20

O. Proverbs 1:9: Proverbs 4:9

P. Proverbs 1:9: Genesis 41:42; Daniel 5:29

Q. Proverbs 1:10: Proverbs 16:29

R. Proverbs 1:10: Genesis 39:7-10; Deuteronomy 13:8; Psalm 50:18; Ephesians 5:11

S. Proverbs 1:11: Proverbs 12:6; Jeremiah 5:26

T. Proverbs 1:11: Psalm 10:8; Proverbs 1:18

U. Proverbs 1:12: Psalm 124:3

V. Proverbs 1:12: Psalm 28:1

W. Proverbs 1:15: Psalm 1:1; Proverbs 4:14

X. Proverbs 1:15: Psalm 119:101

Y. Proverbs 1:16: Proverbs 6:17; Proverbs 6:18; Isaiah 59:7

Z. Proverbs 1:18: Proverbs 11:19

AA. Proverbs 1:19: Proverbs 15:27

AB. Proverbs 1:20: Proverbs 8:1-3; Proverbs 9:3

AC. Proverbs 1:22: Proverbs 1:4; Proverbs 1:32; Proverbs 8:5; Proverbs 9:4; Proverbs 22:3

AD. Proverbs 1:22: Psalm 1:1

AE. Proverbs 1:22: Proverbs 1:29; Proverbs 5:12

AF. Proverbs 1:23: Isaiah 32:15; Joel 2:28; John 7:39

AG. Proverbs 1:24: Isaiah 65:12; Isaiah 66:4; Jeremiah 7:13

AH. Proverbs 1:24: Zechariah 7:11

AI. Proverbs 1:24: Isaiah 65:2; Romans 10:21

AJ. Proverbs 1:25: Psalm 107:11; Luke 7:30

AK. Proverbs 1:25: Proverbs 15:10

AL. Proverbs 1:26: Psalm 2:4

AM. Proverbs 1:26: Proverbs 6:15

AN. Proverbs 1:26: Proverbs 10:24

AO. Proverbs 1:27: Proverbs 10:25

AP. Proverbs 1:28: 1 Samuel 8:18; Job 27:9; Job 35:12; Psalm 18:41; Isaiah 1:15; Jeremiah 11:11; Jeremiah 14:12; Ezekiel 8:18; Micah 3:4; Zechariah 7:13; James 4:3

AQ. Proverbs 1:28: Proverbs 8:17

AR. Proverbs 1:29: Job 21:14; Proverbs 1:22

AS. Proverbs 1:30: Psalm 81:11; Proverbs 1:25

AT. Proverbs 1:31: Job 4:8; Proverbs 5:22; Proverbs 5:23; Proverbs 22:8; Isaiah 3:11; Jeremiah 6:19

AU. Proverbs 1:31: Proverbs 14:14

AV. Proverbs 1:32: Jeremiah 2:19

AW. Proverbs 1:33: Psalm 25:12; Psalm 25:13; Proverbs 3:24-26