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1 # The proverbs <04912> of Solomon <08010> the son <01121> of David <01732>, king <04428> of Israel <03478>;
2 To know <03045> (8800) wisdom <02451> and instruction <04148>; to perceive <0995> (8687) the words <0561> of understanding <0998>;
 - WISDOM
3 To receive <03947> (8800) the instruction <04148> of wisdom <07919> (8687), justice <06664>, and judgment <04941>, and equity <04339>;
4 To give <05414> (8800) subtilty <06195> to the simple <06612>, to the young man <05288> knowledge <01847> and discretion <04209>.
 - DARK SAYINGS
5 A wise <02450> man will hear <08085> (8799), and will increase <03254> (8686) learning <03948> ; and a man of understanding <0995> (8737) shall attain <07069> (8799) unto wise counsels <08458>:
6 To understand <0995> (8687) a proverb <04912>, and the interpretation <04426>; the words <01697> of the wise <02450>, and their dark sayings <02420>.
 - DARK SAYINGS
7 # The fear <03374> of the LORD <03068> is the beginning <07225> of knowledge <01847>: but fools <0191> despise <0936> (8804) wisdom <02451> and instruction <04148>.
 - FEAR
8 My son <01121>, hear <08085> (8798) the instruction <04148> of thy father <01>, and forsake <05203> (8799) not the law <08451> of thy mother <0517>:
9 For they shall be an ornament <03880> of grace <02580> unto thy head <07218>, and chains <06060> about thy neck <01621>.
10 # My son <01121>, if sinners <02400> entice <06601> (8762) thee, consent <014> (8799) thou not.
11 If they say <0559> (8799), Come <03212> (8798) with us, let us lay wait <0693> (8799) for blood <01818>, let us lurk <06845> (8799) privily for the innocent <05355> without cause <02600>:
12 Let us swallow them up <01104> (8799) alive <02416> as the grave <07585>; and whole <08549>, as those that go down <03381> (8802) into the pit <0953>:
13 We shall find <04672> (8799) all precious <03368> substance <01952>, we shall fill <04390> (8762) our houses <01004> with spoil <07998>:
14 Cast <05307> (8686) in thy lot <01486> among <08432> us; let us all have one <0259> purse <03599>:
15 My son <01121>, walk <03212> (8799) not thou in the way <01870> with them; refrain <04513> (8798) thy foot <07272> from their path <05410>:
16 For their feet <07272> run <07323> (8799) to evil <07451>, and make haste <04116> (8762) to shed <08210> (8800) blood <01818>.
17 Surely in vain <02600> the net <07568> is spread <02219> (8794) in the sight <05869> of any bird <01167> <03671>.
18 And they lay wait <0693> (8799) for their own blood <01818>; they lurk privily <06845> (8799) for their own lives <05315>.
19 So are the ways <0734> of every one that is greedy <01214> (8802) of gain <01215>; which taketh away <03947> (8799) the life <05315> of the owners <01167> thereof.
20 # Wisdom <02454> crieth <07442> (8799) without <02351>; she uttereth <05414> (8799) her voice <06963> in the streets <07339>:
21 She crieth <07121> (8799) in the chief place <07218> of concourse <01993> (8802), in the openings <06607> of the gates <08179>: in the city <05892> she uttereth <0559> (8799) her words <0561>, saying,
22 How long, ye simple ones <06612>, will ye love <0157> (8799) simplicity <06612>? and the scorners <03887> (8801) delight <02530> (8804) in their scorning <03944>, and fools <03684> hate <08130> (8799) knowledge <01847> ?
23 Turn <07725> (8799) you at my reproof <08433>: behold, I will pour out <05042> (8686) my spirit <07307> unto you, I will make known <03045> (8686) my words <01697> unto you.
24 Because I have called <07121> (8804), and ye refused <03985> (8762); I have stretched out <05186> (8804) my hand <03027>, and no man regarded <07181> (8688);
25 But ye have set at nought <06544> (8799) all my counsel <06098>, and would <014> (8804) none of my reproof <08433>:
26 I also will laugh <07832> (8799) at your calamity <0343>; I will mock <03932> (8799) when your fear <06343> cometh <0935> (8800);
27 When your fear <06343> cometh <0935> (8800) as desolation <07722> (8675) <07584>, and your destruction <0343> cometh <0857> (8799) as a whirlwind <05492>; when distress <06869> and anguish <06695> cometh <0935> (8800) upon you.
28 Then shall they call <07121> (8799) upon me, but I will not answer <06030> (8799); they shall seek me early <07836> (8762), but they shall not find <04672> (8799) me:
29 For that they hated <08130> (8804) knowledge <01847>, and did not choose <0977> (8804) the fear <03374> of the LORD <03068>:
30 They would <014> (8804) none of my counsel <06098>: they despised <05006> (8804) all my reproof <08433>.
31 Therefore shall they eat <0398> (8799) of the fruit <06529> of their own way <01870>, and be filled <07646> (8799) with their own devices <04156>.
32 For the turning away <04878> of the simple <06612> shall slay <02026> (8799) them, and the prosperity <07962> of fools <03684> shall destroy <06> (8762) them.
33 But whoso hearkeneth <08085> (8802) unto me shall dwell <07931> (8799) safely <0983>, and shall be quiet <07599> (8768) from fear <06343> of evil <07451>.