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Chapters: 1 2
3 4
5 6
| The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of
Israel; |
| To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the
words of understanding; |
| To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and
judgment, and equity; |
| To give subtlety to the simple, to the young man
knowledge and discretion. |
| A wise man will hear, and will increase learning;
and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: |
| To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the
words of the wise, and their dark sayings. |
| The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge:
but fools despise wisdom and instruction. |
| My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and
forsake not the law of thy mother: |
| For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy
head, and chains about thy neck. |
| My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. |
| If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for
blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: |
| Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; 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; let us all have one purse: |
| My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain
thy foot from their path: |
| For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed
blood. |
| Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any
bird. |
| And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk
privily for their own lives. |
| So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain;
which taketh away the life of the owners thereof. |
| Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the
streets: |
| She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the
openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, |
| How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity?
and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? |
| Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my
spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. |
| Because I have called, and ye refused; I have
stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; |
| But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would
none of my reproof: |
| I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when
your fear cometh; |
| When your fear cometh as desolation, and your
destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon
you. |
| Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer;
they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: |
| For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose
the fear of the LORD: |
| They would none of my counsel: they despised all my
reproof. |
| Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own
way, and be filled with their own devices. |
| For the turning away of the simple shall slay them,
and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. |
| But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and
shall be quiet from fear of evil. |
| My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my
commandments with thee; |
| So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and
apply thine heart to understanding; |
| Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up
thy voice for understanding; |
| If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her
as for hid treasures; |
| Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and
find the knowledge of God. |
| For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh
knowledge and understanding. |
| He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a
buckler to them that walk uprightly. |
| He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the
way of his saints. |
| Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and
judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. |
| When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge
is pleasant unto thy soul; |
| Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall
keep thee: |
| To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from
the man that speaketh froward things; |
| Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the
ways of darkness; |
| Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the
frowardness of the wicked; |
| Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their
paths: |
| To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from
the stranger which flattereth with her words; |
| Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and
forgetteth the covenant of her God. |
| For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths
unto the dead. |
| None that go unto her return again, neither take
they hold of the paths of life. |
| That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and
keep the paths of the righteous. |
| For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the
perfect shall remain in it. |
| But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and
the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. |
| My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep
my commandments: |
| For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall
they add to thee. |
| Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them
about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: |
| So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in
the sight of God and man. |
| Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not
unto thine own understanding. |
| In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct
thy paths. |
| Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and
depart from evil. |
| It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy
bones. |
| Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the
firstfruits of all thine increase: |
| So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy
presses shall burst out with new wine. |
| My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD;
neither be weary of his correction: |
| For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a
father the son in whom he delighteth. |
| Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man
that getteth understanding. |
| For the merchandise of it is better than the
merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. |
| She is more precious than rubies: and all the things
thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. |
| Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left
hand riches and honour. |
| Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths
are peace. |
| She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon
her: and happy is every one that retaineth her. |
| The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by
understanding hath he established the heavens. |
| By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the
clouds drop down the dew. |
| My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep
sound wisdom and discretion: |
| So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to
thy neck. |
| Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot
shall not stumble. |
| When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea,
thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. |
| Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the
desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. |
| For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep
thy foot from being taken. |
| Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when
it is in the power of thine hand to do it. |
| Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and
to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. |
| Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he
dwelleth securely by thee. |
| Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done
thee no harm. |
| Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his
ways. |
| For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his
secret is with the righteous. |
| The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked:
but he blesseth the habitation of the just. |
| Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace
unto the lowly. |
| The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the
promotion of fools. |
| Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and
attend to know understanding. |
| For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. |
| For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved
in the sight of my mother. |
| He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart
retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. |
| Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not;
neither decline from the words of my mouth. |
| Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love
her, and she shall keep thee. |
| Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom:
and with all thy getting get understanding. |
| Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall
bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. |
| She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a
crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. |
| Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the
years of thy life shall be many. |
| I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led
thee in right paths. |
| When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened;
and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. |
| Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep
her; for she is thy life. |
| Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in
the way of evil men. |
| Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass
away. |
| For they sleep not, except they have done mischief;
and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. |
| For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the
wine of violence. |
| But the path of the just is as the shining light,
that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. |
| The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not
at what they stumble. |
| My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto
my sayings. |
| Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in
the midst of thine heart. |
| For they are life unto those that find them, and
health to all their flesh. |
| Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are
the issues of life. |
| Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse
lips put far from thee. |
| Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids
look straight before thee. |
| Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be
established. |
| Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove
thy foot from evil. |
| My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to
my understanding: |
| That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy
lips may keep knowledge. |
| For the lips of a strange woman drop as an
honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: |
| But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a
twoedged sword. |
| Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on
hell. |
| Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her
ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. |
| Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not
from the words of my mouth. |
| Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the
door of her house: |
| Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy
years unto the cruel: |
| Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy
labours be in the house of a stranger; |
| And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy
body are consumed, |
| And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart
despised reproof; |
| And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor
inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! |
| I was almost in all evil in the midst of the
congregation and assembly. |
| Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running
waters out of thine own well. |
| Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of
waters in the streets. |
| Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with
thee. |
| Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the
wife of thy youth. |
| Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let
her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with
her love. |
| And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a
strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? |
| For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD,
and he pondereth all his goings. |
| His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself,
and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. |
| He shall die without instruction; and in the
greatness of his folly he shall go astray. |
| My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou
hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, |
| Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou
art taken with the words of thy mouth. |
| Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou
art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure
thy friend. |
| Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine
eyelids. |
| Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the
hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. |
| Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and
be wise: |
| Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, |
| Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her
food in the harvest. |
| How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou
arise out of thy sleep? |
| Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little
folding of the hands to sleep: |
| So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,
and thy want as an armed man. |
| A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a
froward mouth. |
| He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet,
he teacheth with his fingers; |
| Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief
continually; he soweth discord. |
| Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly
shall he be broken without remedy. |
| These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are
an abomination unto him: |
| A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed
innocent blood, |
| An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet
that be swift in running to mischief, |
| A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that
soweth discord among brethren. |
| My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake
not the law of thy mother: |
| Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them
about thy neck. |
| When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou
sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with
thee. |
| For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light;
and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: |
| To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery
of the tongue of a strange woman. |
| Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither
let her take thee with her eyelids. |
| For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to
a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. |
| Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes
not be burned? |
| Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be
burned? |
| So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife;
whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. |
| Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy
his soul when he is hungry; |
| But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he
shall give all the substance of his house. |
| But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh
understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. |
| A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach
shall not be wiped away. |
| For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will
not spare in the day of vengeance. |
| He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest
content, though thou givest many gifts. |
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