Thematic Bible
Proverbs 1:1 (show verse)
The proverbs 0f Solomon son of David, king of Israel:
Proverbs 1:2 (show verse)
To know wisdom and instruction. To discern and understand words.
Proverbs 1:3 (show verse)
To receive instruction with wisdom, justice, judgment and integrity.
Proverbs 1:4 (show verse)
To give wisdom and refinement to the simple. To the young man knowledge and discretion.
Proverbs 1:5 (show verse)
A wise man will hear and will increase learning. A man of understanding will procure wise counsel.
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Proverbs 1:6 (show verse)
This will help him understand a proverb and the interpretation as well as the words of the wise and their riddles.
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Proverbs 1:7 (show verse)
Respect for Jehovah (YHWH) is the beginning of knowledge (truth) (understanding) (wisdom). Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:8 (show verse)
My son, listen to the instruction of your father. Do not forsake the law of your mother.
Proverbs 1:9 (show verse)
Discipline and education are a graceful ornament on your head, and a golden chain around your neck.
Proverbs 1:10 (show verse)
My son, if sinners tempt you do not consent.
Proverbs 1:11 (show verse)
If they say: Come with us. Let us lie in wait to kill someone. Let us ambush the innocent without cause.
Proverbs 1:12 (show verse)
Let us swallow them alive and whole just as the grave does, and just as the dead go into the pit.
Proverbs 1:13 (show verse)
We will find precious material possessions and we fill our houses with plunder.
Proverbs 1:14 (show verse)
Throw in with us. Let us all have one purse.
Proverbs 1:15 (show verse)
My son, do not walk in the way with them. Withhold your food from their path!
Proverbs 1:16 (show verse)
For their feet run to evil. They hurry 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)
They lie in wait for their own blood (murder). They set an ambush for their own lives.
Proverbs 1:19 (show verse)
So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust dishonest gain. Greed takes away the life of its owner.
Proverbs 1:20 (show verse)
Wisdom calls you! She raises her voice in the streets and marketplaces.
Proverbs 1:21 (show verse)
She calls in the streets, in the opening of the gates: in the city she utters her words. She says:
Proverbs 1:22 (show verse)
How long, you simple (stupid) (foolish) ones, will you love simplicity (foolishness) (stupidity)? The scoffers delight in scoffing. Fools hate knowledge!
Proverbs 1:23 (show verse)
Listen when I reprove you. I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make my words known to you.
Proverbs 1:24 (show verse)
I called you! I stretched out my hand to you. You paid no attention to me.
Proverbs 1:25 (show verse)
You have ignored all my counsel. You accept no correction.
Proverbs 1:26 (show verse)
I also will laugh at your trouble. I will mock when your fear comes.
Proverbs 1:27 (show verse)
Trouble and distress will surround you like a whirlwind, like a great storm.
Proverbs 1:28 (show verse)
You will ask for my help, but I will not listen. You will search, but you will not find me.
Proverbs 1:29 (show verse)
You have no use for knowledge and you refuse to respect Jehovah.
Proverbs 1:30 (show verse)
You rejected my advice and paid no attention when I warned you.
Proverbs 1:31 (show verse)
Now you will get what you deserve for what you have done. Your own advice will make you sick.
Proverbs 1:32 (show verse)
Sin and self-satisfaction bring destruction and death to stupid fools.
Proverbs 1:33 (show verse)
Whoever listens to me will be secure and will be free from the fear of evil.