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nasb@Proverbs:1:1 @The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel-

nasb@Proverbs:1:2 @To know wisdom and instruction, To discern the sayings of understanding,

nasb@Proverbs:1:3 @To receive instruction in wise behavior, Righteousness, justice and equity;

nasb@Proverbs:1:4 @To give prudence to the naive, To the youth knowledge and discretion,

nasb@Proverbs:1:5 @A wise man will hear and increase in learning, And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel,

nasb@Proverbs:1:6 @To understand a proverb and a figure, The words of the wise and their riddles.

nasb@Proverbs:1:7 @The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

nasb@Proverbs:1:8 @Hear, my son, your father's instruction And do not forsake your mother's teaching;

nasb@Proverbs:1:9 @Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head And ornaments about your neck.

nasb@Proverbs:1:10 @My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent.

nasb@Proverbs:1:11 @If they say, "Come with us, Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us ambush the innocent without cause;

nasb@Proverbs:1:12 @Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, Even whole, as those who go down to the pit;

nasb@Proverbs:1:13 @We will find all kinds of precious wealth, We will fill our houses with spoil;

nasb@Proverbs:1:14 @Throw in your lot with us, We shall all have one purse,"

nasb@Proverbs:1:15 @My son, do not walk in the way with them. Keep your feet from their path,

nasb@Proverbs:1:16 @For their feet run to evil And they hasten to shed blood.

nasb@Proverbs:1:17 @Indeed, it is useless to spread the baited net In the sight of any bird;

nasb@Proverbs:1:18 @But they lie in wait for their own blood; They ambush their own lives.

nasb@Proverbs:1:19 @So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence; It takes away the life of its possessors.

nasb@Proverbs:1:20 @Wisdom shouts in the street, She lifts her voice in the square;

nasb@Proverbs:1:21 @At the head of the noisy streets she cries out; At the entrance of the gates in the city she utters her sayings-

nasb@Proverbs:1:22" @How long, O naive ones, will you love being simple-minded? And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing And fools hate knowledge?

nasb@Proverbs:1:23" @Turn to my reproof, Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.

nasb@Proverbs:1:24" @Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention;

nasb@Proverbs:1:25 @And you neglected all my counsel And did not want my reproof;

nasb@Proverbs:1:26 @I will also laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your dread comes,

nasb@Proverbs:1:27 @When your dread comes like a storm And your calamity comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.

nasb@Proverbs:1:28" @Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently but they will not find me,

nasb@Proverbs:1:29 @Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the LORD.

nasb@Proverbs:1:30" @They would not accept my counsel, They spurned all my reproof.

nasb@Proverbs:1:31" @So they shall eat of the fruit of their own way And be satiated with their own devices.

nasb@Proverbs:1:32" @For the waywardness of the naive will kill them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them.

nasb@Proverbs:1:33" @But he who listens to me shall live securely And will be at ease from the dread of evil."

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