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# Proverbs 1 (New King James Version)
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The Beginning of Knowledge
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##### Chapter 1
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###### 1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
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###### 2 To know wisdom and instruction,
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To perceive the words of understanding,
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###### 3 To receive the instruction of wisdom,
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Justice, judgment, and equity;
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###### 4 To give prudence to the simple,
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To the young man knowledge and discretion--
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###### 5 A wise _man_ will hear and increase learning,
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And a man of understanding will attain wise counsel,
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###### 6 To understand a proverb and an enigma,
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The words of the wise and their riddles.
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###### 7 The fear of the Lord _is_ the beginning of knowledge,
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_But_ fools despise wisdom and instruction.Shun Evil Counsel
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###### 8 My son, hear the instruction of your father,
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And do not forsake the law of your mother;
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###### 9 For they _will be_ a graceful ornament on your head,
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And chains about your neck.
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###### 10 My son, if sinners entice you,
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Do not consent.
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###### 11 If they say, "Come with us,
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Let us lie in wait to _shed_ blood;
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Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
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###### 12 Let us swallow them alive like Sheol,
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And whole, like those who go down to the Pit;
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###### 13 We shall find all _kinds_ of precious possessions,
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We shall fill our houses with spoil;
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###### 14 Cast in your lot among us,
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Let us all have one purse"--
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###### 15 My son, do not walk in the way with them,
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Keep your foot from their path;
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###### 16 For their feet run to evil,
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And they make haste to shed blood.
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###### 17 Surely, in vain the net is spread
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In the sight of any bird;
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###### 18 But they lie in wait for their _own_ blood,
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They lurk secretly for their _own_ lives.
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###### 19 So _are_ the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain;
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It takes away the life of its owners.The Call of Wisdom
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###### 20 Wisdom calls aloud outside;
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She raises her voice in the open squares.
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###### 21 She cries out in the chief concourses,
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At the openings of the gates in the city
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She speaks her words:
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###### 22 "How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity?
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For scorners delight in their scorning,
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And fools hate knowledge.
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###### 23 Turn at my rebuke;
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Surely I will pour out my spirit on you;
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I will make my words known to you.
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###### 24 Because I have called and you refused,
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I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded,
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###### 25 Because you disdained all my counsel,
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And would have none of my rebuke,
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###### 26 I also will laugh at your calamity;
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I will mock when your terror comes,
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###### 27 When your terror comes like a storm,
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And your destruction comes like a whirlwind,
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When distress and anguish come upon you.
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###### 28 "Then they will call on me, but I will not answer;
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They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.
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###### 29 Because they hated knowledge
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And did not choose the fear of the Lord,
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###### 30 They would have none of my counsel
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_And_ despised my every rebuke.
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###### 31 Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way,
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And be filled to the full with their own fancies.
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###### 32 For the turning away of the simple will slay them,
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And the complacency of fools will destroy them;
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###### 33 But whoever listens to me will dwell safely,
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And will be secure, without fear of evil."
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