Proverbs 1:1-7 - Prologue

¹ Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: ² For knowing wisdom and instruction, For understanding sayings of intelligence, ³ For receiving the instruction of wisdom, Righteousness, judgment, and uprightness, ⁴ For giving to simple ones -- prudence, To a youth -- knowledge and discretion. ⁵ (The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.) ⁶ For understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings.

⁷ Fear of Jehovah is a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!

¹ Words of a preacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem:

¹ That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we did behold, and our hands did handle, concerning the Word of the Life -- ² and the Life was manifested, and we have seen, and do testify, and declare to you the Life, the age-during, which was with the Father, and was manifested to us -- ³ that which we have seen and heard declare we to you, that ye also may have fellowship with us, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ; ⁴ and these things we write to you, that your joy may be full.

¹ A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify it, having sent through his messenger to his servant John, ² who did testify the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, as many things also as he did see. ³ Happy is he who is reading, and those hearing, the words of the prophecy, and keeping the things written in it -- for the time is nigh!