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116 lines
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The Purpose of Proverbs
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# Chapter 1
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1. The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:
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2. For learning wisdom and discipline;
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for understanding insightful sayings;
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3. for receiving prudent instruction
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in righteousness, justice, and integrity;
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4. for teaching shrewdness to the inexperienced,
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knowledge and discretion to a young man--
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5. let a wise person listen and increase learning,
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and let a discerning person obtain guidance--
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6. for understanding a proverb or a parable,
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the words of the wise, and their riddles.
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7. The fear of the Lord
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is the beginning of knowledge;
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fools despise wisdom and discipline.
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Avoid the Path of the Violent
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8. Listen, my son, to your father's instruction,
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and don't reject your mother's teaching,
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9. for they will be a garland of favor on your head
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and pendants around your neck.
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10. My son, if sinners entice you,
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don't be persuaded.
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11. If they say--"Come with us!
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Let's set an ambush and kill someone.
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Let's attack some innocent person just for fun!
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12. Let's swallow them alive, like Sheol,
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whole, like those who go down to the Pit.
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13. We'll find all kinds of valuable property
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and fill our houses with plunder.
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14. Throw in your lot with us,
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and we'll all share the loot"--
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15. my son, don't travel that road with them
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or set foot on their path,
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16. because their feet run toward evil
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and they hurry to shed blood.
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17. It is useless to spread a net
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where any bird can see it,
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18. but they set an ambush to kill themselves;
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they attack their own lives.
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19. Such are the paths of all who make profit dishonestly;
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it takes the lives of those who receive it.
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Wisdom's Plea
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20. Wisdom calls out in the street;
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she makes her voice heard in the public squares.
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21. She cries out above the commotion;
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she speaks at the entrance of the city gates:
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22. "How long, inexperienced ones, will you love ignorance?
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How long will you mockers enjoy mocking
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and you fools hate knowledge?
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23. If you respond to my warning,
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then I will pour out my spirit on you
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and teach you my words.
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24. Since I called out and you refused,
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extended my hand and no one paid attention,
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25. since you neglected all my counsel
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and did not accept my correction,
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26. I, in turn, will laugh at your calamity.
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I will mock when terror strikes you,
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27. when terror strikes you like a storm
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and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
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when trouble and stress overcome you.
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28. Then they will call me, but I won't answer;
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they will search for me, but won't find me.
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29. Because they hated knowledge,
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didn't choose to fear the Lord,
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30. were not interested in my counsel,
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and rejected all my correction,
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31. they will eat the fruit of their way
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and be glutted with their own schemes.
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32. For the apostasy of the inexperienced will kill them,
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and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
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33. But whoever listens to me will live securely
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and be undisturbed by the dread of danger."
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