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Themes in Proverbs 1
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Themes in Proverbs 1

Proverbs 1:1

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

Proverbs 1:2

For learning what wisdom and discipline are;
for understanding insightful sayings;

Proverbs 1:3

for receiving wise instruction
in righteousness, justice, and integrity;

Proverbs 1:4

for teaching shrewdness to the inexperienced,
knowledge and discretion to a young man—

Proverbs 1:5

a wise man will listen and increase his learning,
and a discerning man will obtain guidance—
No Themes for this verse.

Proverbs 1:6

for understanding a proverb or a parable,
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 discipline.

Proverbs 1:8

Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction,
and don’t reject your mother’s teaching,

Proverbs 1:9

for they will be a garland of grace on your head
and a gold chain around your neck.

Proverbs 1:10

My son, if sinners entice you,
don’t be persuaded.

Proverbs 1:11

If they say—“Come with us!
Let’s set an ambush and kill someone.
Let’s attack some innocent person just for fun!

Proverbs 1:12

Let’s swallow them alive, like Sheol,
still healthy as they go down to the Pit.

Proverbs 1:13

We’ll find all kinds of valuable property
and fill our houses with plunder.

Proverbs 1:14

Throw in your lot with us,
and we’ll all share our money”—

Proverbs 1:15

my son, don’t travel that road with them
or set foot on their path,

Proverbs 1:16

because their feet run toward trouble
and they hurry to commit murder.

Proverbs 1:17

It is foolish to spread a net
where any bird can see it,

Proverbs 1:18

but they set an ambush to kill themselves;
they attack their own lives.

Proverbs 1:19

Such are the paths of all who make profit dishonestly;
it takes the lives of those who receive it.

Proverbs 1:20

Wisdom calls out in the street;
she raises her voice in the public squares.

Proverbs 1:21

She cries out above the commotion;
she speaks at the entrance of the city gates:

Proverbs 1:22

“How long, foolish ones, will you love ignorance?
How long will you mockers enjoy mocking
and you fools hate knowledge?

Proverbs 1:23

If you respond to my warning,
then I will pour out my spirit on you
and teach you my words.

Proverbs 1:24

Since I called out and you refused,
extended my hand and no one paid attention,

Proverbs 1:25

since you neglected all my counsel
and did not accept my correction,

Proverbs 1:26

I, in turn, will laugh at your calamity.
I will mock when terror strikes you,

Proverbs 1:27

when terror strikes you like a storm
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when trouble and stress overcome you.

Proverbs 1:28

Then they will call me, but I won’t answer;
they will search for me, but won’t find me.

Proverbs 1:29

Because they hated knowledge,
didn’t choose to fear the Lord,

Proverbs 1:30

were not interested in my counsel,
and rejected all my correction,

Proverbs 1:31

they will eat the fruit of their way
and be glutted with their own schemes.

Proverbs 1:32

For the turning away of the inexperienced will kill them,
and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Proverbs 1:33

But whoever listens to me will live securely
and be free from the fear of danger.”
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