Thematic Bible
Proverbs 1:1 (show verse)
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel,
Proverbs 1:2 (show verse)
to know wisdom and instruction, to discern the words of understanding,
Proverbs 1:3 (show verse)
to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness and justice and equity,
Proverbs 1:4 (show verse)
to give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion,
Proverbs 1:5 (show verse)
that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, and that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsels,
No Themes for this verse.
Proverbs 1:6 (show verse)
to understand a proverb, and a figure, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
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Proverbs 1:7 (show verse)
The fear of LORD is the beginning of knowledge. The foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:8 (show verse)
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.
Proverbs 1:9 (show verse)
For they shall be a garland of grace to thy head, and chains about thy neck.
Proverbs 1:10 (show verse)
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
Proverbs 1:11 (show verse)
If they say, Come with us. Let us lay wait for blood. Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause.
Proverbs 1:12 (show verse)
Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those who go down into the pit.
Proverbs 1:13 (show verse)
We shall find all precious substance. We shall fill our houses with spoil.
Proverbs 1:14 (show verse)
Thou shall cast thy lot among us. We will all have one bag.
Proverbs 1:15 (show verse)
My son, walk not thou in the way with them. Restrain thy foot from their path.
Proverbs 1:16 (show verse)
For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
Proverbs 1:17 (show verse)
For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird,
Proverbs 1:18 (show verse)
and these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.
Proverbs 1:19 (show verse)
So are the ways of everyone who is greedy of gain. It takes away the life of the owners of it.
Proverbs 1:20 (show verse)
Wisdom cries aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the broad places.
Proverbs 1:21 (show verse)
She cries in the chief place of concourse, at the entrance of the gates, in the city. She utters her words:
Proverbs 1:22 (show verse)
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:23 (show verse)
Turn back at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you. I will make my words known to you.
Proverbs 1:24 (show verse)
Because I have called, and ye have refused, I have stretched out my hand, and no man has regarded,
Proverbs 1:25 (show verse)
but ye have made all my counsel void, and want none of my reproof,
Proverbs 1:26 (show verse)
I also will laugh at your calamity. I will mock when your fear comes,
Proverbs 1:27 (show verse)
when your fear comes as a storm, and your calamity comes on as a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.
Proverbs 1:28 (show verse)
Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me,
Proverbs 1:29 (show verse)
because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of LORD.
Proverbs 1:30 (show verse)
They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.
Proverbs 1:31 (show verse)
Therefore they shall eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Proverbs 1:32 (show verse)
For the backsliding of the simple shall kill them, and the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.
Proverbs 1:33 (show verse)
But he who hearkens to me shall dwell securely, and shall be quiet without fear of evil.