1 The proverbs 4912 of Solomon 8010 the son 1121 of David 1732, king 4428 of Israel 3478;
2 To know 3045 wisdom 2451 and instruction 4148; to perceive 995 the words 561 of understanding 998;
3 To receive 3947 the instruction 4148 of wisdom 7919, justice 6664, and judgment 4941, and equity 4339;
4 To give 5414 subtilty 6195 to the simple 6612, to the young man 5288 knowledge 1847 and discretion 4209.
5 A wise 2450 man will hear 8085, and will increase 3254 learning 3948; and a man of understanding 995 shall attain 7069 unto wise counsels 8458:
6 To understand 995 a proverb 4912, and the interpretation 4426; the words 1697 of the wise 2450, and their dark sayings 2420.
7 The fear 3374 of the LORD 3068 is the beginning 7225 of knowledge 1847: but fools 191 despise 936 wisdom 2451 and instruction 4148.
8 My son 1121, hear 8085 the instruction 4148 of thy father 1, and forsake 5203 not the law 8451 of thy mother 517:
9 For they shall be an ornament 3880 of grace 2580 unto thy head 7218, and chains 6060 about thy neck 1621.
10 My son 1121, if sinners 2400 entice 6601 thee, consent 14 thou not.
11 If they say 559, Come 3212 with us, let us lay wait 693 for blood 1818, let us lurk 6845 privily for the innocent 5355 without cause 2600:
12 Let us swallow them up 1104 alive 2416 as the grave 7585; and whole 8549, as those that go down 3381 into the pit 953:
13 We shall find 4672 all precious 3368 substance 1952, we shall fill 4390 our houses 1004 with spoil 7998:
14 Cast 5307 in thy lot 1486 among 8432 us; let us all have one 259 purse 3599:
15 My son 1121, walk 3212 not thou in the way 1870 with them; refrain 4513 thy foot 7272 from their path 5410:
16 For their feet 7272 run 7323 to evil 7451, and make haste 4116 to shed 8210 blood 1818.
17 Surely in vain 2600 the net 7568 is spread 2219 in the sight 5869 of any bird 1167 3671.
18 And they lay wait 693 for their own blood 1818; they lurk privily 6845 for their own lives 5315.
19 So are the ways 734 of every one that is greedy 1214 of gain 1215; which taketh away 3947 the life 5315 of the owners 1167 thereof.
20 Wisdom 2454 crieth 7442 without 2351; she uttereth 5414 her voice 6963 in the streets 7339:
21 She crieth 7121 in the chief place 7218 of concourse 1993, in the openings 6607 of the gates 8179: in the city 5892 she uttereth 559 her words 561, saying,
22 How long, ye simple ones 6612, will ye love 157 simplicity 6612? and the scorners 3887 delight 2530 in their scorning 3944, and fools 3684 hate 8130 knowledge 1847?
23 Turn 7725 you at my reproof 8433: behold, I will pour out 5042 my spirit 7307 unto you, I will make known 3045 my words 1697 unto you.
24 Because I have called 7121, and ye refused 3985; I have stretched out 5186 my hand 3027, and no man regarded 7181;
25 But ye have set at nought 6544 all my counsel 6098, and would 14 none of my reproof 8433:
26 I also will laugh 7832 at your calamity 343; I will mock 3932 when your fear 6343 cometh 935;
27 When your fear 6343 cometh 935 as desolation 7722 7584, and your destruction 343 cometh 857 as a whirlwind 5492; when distress 6869 and anguish 6695 cometh 935 upon you.
28 Then shall they call 7121 upon me, but I will not answer 6030; they shall seek me early 7836, but they shall not find 4672 me:
29 For that they hated 8130 knowledge 1847, and did not choose 977 the fear 3374 of the LORD 3068:
30 They would 14 none of my counsel 6098: they despised 5006 all my reproof 8433.
31 Therefore shall they eat 398 of the fruit 6529 of their own way 1870, and be filled 7646 with their own devices 4156.
32 For the turning away 4878 of the simple 6612 shall slay 2026 them, and the prosperity 7962 of fools 3684 shall destroy 6 them.
33 But whoso hearkeneth 8085 unto me shall dwell 7931 safely 983, and shall be quiet 7599 from fear 6343 of evil 7451.