Thematic Bible
Proverbs 1:1 (show verse)
Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
Proverbs 1:2 (show verse)
To know wisdom and instruction, to understand sayings of understanding,
Proverbs 1:3 (show verse)
to gain {insightful instruction}, righteousness and justice and equity,
Proverbs 1:4 (show verse)
to give shrewdness to the simple, knowledge and purpose to the young,
Proverbs 1:5 (show verse)
may the wise hear and increase learning, and the one who understands gain direction,
No Themes for this verse.
Proverbs 1:6 (show verse)
to understand a proverb and an expression, words of wisdom and their riddles.
No Themes for this verse.
Proverbs 1:7 (show verse)
Fear of Yahweh [is the] beginning of knowledge; wisdom and instruction, fools despise.
Proverbs 1:8 (show verse)
My child, may you keep your father's instruction, and do not reject your mother's teachings,
Proverbs 1:9 (show verse)
for they [are] a garland of favor for your head, and pendants for your neck.
Proverbs 1:10 (show verse)
My child, if sinners entice you, do not consent.
Proverbs 1:11 (show verse)
If they say, "Come with us! We shall lie in wait for blood; we shall ambush the innocent without cause.
Proverbs 1:12 (show verse)
Like Sheol, we will swallow them alive and whole, {like those who descend to the pit}.
Proverbs 1:13 (show verse)
We shall find all precious wealth, we shall fill our houses [with] booty,
Proverbs 1:14 (show verse)
you shall throw your lot in our midst, there will be one purse for all of us."
Proverbs 1:15 (show verse)
My child, do not walk in their way. Keep your foot from their paths,
Proverbs 1:16 (show verse)
for their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed blood,
Proverbs 1:17 (show verse)
for "in vain is the net scattered, in the sight of any {winged bird}."
Proverbs 1:18 (show verse)
They lie in wait for their [own] blood. They ambush their [own] lives.
Proverbs 1:19 (show verse)
Thus are the ways of all who are greedy [for] gain-- it will take the life of its possessors.
Proverbs 1:20 (show verse)
Wisdom calls out in the streets, in the squares she raises her voice.
Proverbs 1:21 (show verse)
On a {busy corner} she cries out, at the entrances of the gates in the city, she speaks her sayings:
Proverbs 1:22 (show verse)
"{How long}, O simple ones, will you love simplicity? And [how long] will scoffers delight in their scoffing, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:23 (show verse)
May you turn to my argument! Behold, I shall pour out my spirit upon you; I will make my words known to you.
Proverbs 1:24 (show verse)
Because I called out and you refused me, I stretched out my hand, yet there is none who heeds.
Proverbs 1:25 (show verse)
You have ignored all my counsel, and my reproof you are not willing [to accept].
Proverbs 1:26 (show verse)
I will also laugh at your calamity; I will mock when panic comes [upon] you.
Proverbs 1:27 (show verse)
When your panic comes like a storm, and your calamity arrives like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you,
Proverbs 1:28 (show verse)
then they will call me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but not find me.
Proverbs 1:29 (show verse)
Since they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Yahweh,
Proverbs 1:30 (show verse)
they were not willing [to accept] my counsel, they despised all my reproof.
Proverbs 1:31 (show verse)
They shall eat from the fruit of their way, and they shall be sated from their own schemes,
Proverbs 1:32 (show verse)
for the waywardness of the simple ones will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
Proverbs 1:33 (show verse)
Whoever listens to me will dwell in security and rest securely from dread and disaster."