The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

For they shalt be an ornament of grace to thy head, and chains about thy neck.

If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

But whoever hearkeneth to me shall dwell in safety, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

Yes, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

For her house inclineth to death, and her paths to the dead.

For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

Be not wise in thy own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain of it than fine gold.

Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

For the LORD will be thy confidence, and will keep thy foot from being taken.

For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.

For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

For they are life to those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

For the lips of a strange woman drop as a honey-comb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

Let them be only thy own, and not for strangers with thee.

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

My son, if thou art surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

For by means of a lewd woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

For the good-man is not at home, he is gone a long journey:

With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she impelled him.

Till a dart striketh through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

For she hath cast down many wounded: yes, many strong men have been slain by her.

Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.

For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

Now therefore hearken to me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.

For whoever findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favor from the LORD.

Whoever is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

Whoever is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.

As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman who is without discretion.

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.

In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Better is little with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure and trouble with it.

The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom: and before honor is humility.

The LORD hath made all things for himself: yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.

By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.

He that laboreth laboreth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

Whoever rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.

A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.

All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.

Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.

The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoever provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

It is an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro by them that seek death.

The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.

The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.

The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labor.

A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.

By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honor, and life.