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 recognize the words of understanding;
Proverbs 1:3 (show verse)
to receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and uprightness;
Proverbs 1:4 (show verse)
to give sense to the simple, knowledge and judgment to the young man;
Proverbs 1:5 (show verse)
the wise hears and increases learning; and understanding ones get wisdom;
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Proverbs 1:6 (show verse)
to understand a proverb and its meaning; the words of the wise, and their acute sayings.
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Proverbs 1:7 (show verse)
The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:8 (show verse)
My son, hear the instruction of your father, and forsake not the law of your mother;
Proverbs 1:9 (show verse)
for they shall be an ornament of grace to your head and chains around your neck.
Proverbs 1:10 (show verse)
My son, if sinners lure you, do not be willing.
Proverbs 1:11 (show verse)
If they say, Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, we will watch secretly for the innocent without cause;
Proverbs 1:12 (show verse)
let us swallow them up alive as the grave, and whole, as those who go down into 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)
cast in your lot among us, and let us have one purse.
Proverbs 1:15 (show verse)
My son, do not walk in the way with them! Keep back your foot from their path,
Proverbs 1:16 (show verse)
for their feet run to evil and make haste to shed blood.
Proverbs 1:17 (show verse)
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird,
Proverbs 1:18 (show verse)
And they lie in wait for their own blood; they watch secretly for their own lives.
Proverbs 1:19 (show verse)
So are the ways of everyone who gains unjust gain; it takes away its owners' life.
Proverbs 1:20 (show verse)
Wisdom cries outside; she utters her voice in the streets;
Proverbs 1:21 (show verse)
she cries in the chief place of gathering, in the openings of the gates; in the city she utters her words, saying,
Proverbs 1:22 (show verse)
How long will you love simplicity, simple ones? And will scorners delight in their scorning? And will fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:23 (show verse)
Turn at my warning; behold, I will pour out my Spirit to you; I will make my words known to you.
Proverbs 1:24 (show verse)
Because I called, and you refused; I stretched out my hand, and no one paid attention;
Proverbs 1:25 (show verse)
but you have despised all my advice, and would have none of my warning.
Proverbs 1:26 (show verse)
I also will laugh at your trouble; I will mock when your fear comes;
Proverbs 1:27 (show verse)
when your fear comes as a wasting away, and your ruin comes like a tempest when trouble and pain come upon you.
Proverbs 1:28 (show verse)
Then they shall call upon me, and I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me;
Proverbs 1:29 (show verse)
instead they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of Jehovah.
Proverbs 1:30 (show verse)
They would have none of my counsel; they despised all my correction,
Proverbs 1:31 (show verse)
and they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own desires.
Proverbs 1:32 (show verse)
For the turning away of the simple kills them, and the ease of fools destroys them.
Proverbs 1:33 (show verse)
But whoever listens to me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.