Thematic Bible
Proverbs 1:1 (show verse)
The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
Proverbs 1:2 (show verse)
To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight,
Proverbs 1:3 (show verse)
to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity;
Proverbs 1:4 (show verse)
to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth--
Proverbs 1:5 (show verse)
Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance,
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Proverbs 1:6 (show verse)
to understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles.
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Proverbs 1:7 (show verse)
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:8 (show verse)
Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching,
Proverbs 1:9 (show verse)
for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.
Proverbs 1:10 (show verse)
My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.
Proverbs 1:11 (show verse)
If they say, "Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without reason;
Proverbs 1:12 (show verse)
like Sheol let us swallow them alive, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
Proverbs 1:13 (show verse)
we shall find all precious goods, we shall fill our houses with plunder;
Proverbs 1:14 (show verse)
throw in your lot among us; we will all have one purse"--
Proverbs 1:15 (show verse)
my son, do not walk in the way with them; hold back your foot from their paths,
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 a net spread in the sight of any bird,
Proverbs 1:18 (show verse)
but these men lie in wait for their own blood; they set an ambush for their own lives.
Proverbs 1:19 (show verse)
Such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain; it takes away the life of its possessors.
Proverbs 1:20 (show verse)
Wisdom cries aloud in the street, in the markets she raises her voice;
Proverbs 1:21 (show verse)
at the head of the noisy streets she cries out; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:
Proverbs 1:22 (show verse)
"How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:23 (show verse)
If you turn at my reproof, behold, I will pour out my spirit to you; I will make my words known to you.
Proverbs 1:24 (show verse)
Because I have called and you refused to listen, have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,
Proverbs 1:25 (show verse)
because you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof,
Proverbs 1:26 (show verse)
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when terror strikes you,
Proverbs 1:27 (show verse)
when terror strikes you like a storm and your calamity comes like 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 will not find me.
Proverbs 1:29 (show verse)
Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD,
Proverbs 1:30 (show verse)
would have none of my counsel and despised all my reproof,
Proverbs 1:31 (show verse)
therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way, and have their fill of their own devices.
Proverbs 1:32 (show verse)
For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them;
Proverbs 1:33 (show verse)
but whoever listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of disaster."