1 Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: DBY — Proverbs 1:1
2 to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding; DBY — Proverbs 1:2
3 to receive the instruction of wisdom, righteousness and judgment, and equity; DBY — Proverbs 1:3
4 to give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. DBY — Proverbs 1:4
5 He that is wise will hear, and will increase learning; and the intelligent will gain wise counsels: DBY — Proverbs 1:5
6 to understand a proverb and an allegory, the words of the wise and their enigmas. DBY — Proverbs 1:6
7 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge: fools despise wisdom and instruction. DBY — Proverbs 1:7
8 Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother; DBY — Proverbs 1:8
9 for they shall be a garland of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. DBY — Proverbs 1:9
10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent not. DBY — Proverbs 1:10
11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause; DBY — Proverbs 1:11
12 let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those that go down into the pit; DBY — Proverbs 1:12
13 we shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: DBY — Proverbs 1:13
14 cast in thy lot among us; we will all have one purse: DBY — Proverbs 1:14
15 my son, walk not in the way with them, keep back thy foot from their path; DBY — Proverbs 1:15
16 for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. DBY — Proverbs 1:16
17 For in vain the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings. DBY — Proverbs 1:17
18 And these lay wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives. DBY — Proverbs 1:18
19 So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors. DBY — Proverbs 1:19
20 Wisdom crieth without; she raiseth her voice in the broadways; DBY — Proverbs 1:20
21 she calleth in the chief [place] of concourse, in the entry of the gates; in the city she uttereth her words: DBY — Proverbs 1:21
22 How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish hate knowledge? DBY — Proverbs 1:22
23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour forth my spirit unto you, I will make known to you my words. DBY — Proverbs 1:23
24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one regarded; DBY — Proverbs 1:24
25 and ye have rejected all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: DBY — Proverbs 1:25
26 I also will laugh in your calamity, I will mock when your fear cometh; DBY — Proverbs 1:26
27 when your fear cometh as sudden destruction, and your calamity cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you: DBY — Proverbs 1:27
28 then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me early, and shall not find me. DBY — Proverbs 1:28
29 Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Jehovah; DBY — Proverbs 1:29
30 they would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof: DBY — Proverbs 1:30
31 therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their way, and be filled with their own devices. DBY — Proverbs 1:31
32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of the foolish shall cause them to perish. DBY — Proverbs 1:32
33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be at rest from fear of evil. DBY — Proverbs 1:33