Proverbs:1

---

Seeker Overlay ON

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

---