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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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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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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.” |