The proverbs{H4912} of Solomon{H8010} the son{H1121} of David,{H1732} king{H4428} of Israel:{H3478}

To know{H3045} wisdom{H2451} and instruction;{H4148} To discern{H995} the words{H561} of understanding;{H998}

To receive{H3947} instruction{H4148} in wise{H7919} dealing, In righteousness{H6664} and justice{H6664} and equity;{H4339}

To give{H5414} prudence{H6195} to the simple,{H6612} To the young man{H5288} knowledge{H1847} and discretion:{H4209}

That the wise{H2450} man may hear,{H8085} and increase{H3254} in learning;{H3948} And that the man of understanding{H995} may attain{H7069} unto sound counsels:{H8458}

To understand{H995} a proverb,{H4912} and a figure,{H4426} The words{H1697} of the wise,{H2450} and their dark sayings.{H2420}

The fear{H3374} of Jehovah{H3068} is the beginning{H7225} of knowledge;{H1847} [But] the foolish{H191} despise{H936} wisdom{H2451} and instruction.{H4148}

My son,{H1121} hear{H8085} the instruction{H4148} of thy father,{H1} And forsake{H5203} not the law{H8451} of thy mother:{H517}

For they shall be a chaplet{H3880} of grace{H2580} unto thy head,{H7218} And chains{H6060} about thy neck.{H1621}

My son,{H1121} if sinners{H2400} entice{H6601} thee, Consent{H14} thou not.

If they say,{H559} Come{H3212} with us, Let us lay wait{H693} for blood;{H1818} Let us lurk{H6845} privily for the innocent{H5355} without cause;{H2600}

Let us swallow them up{H1104} alive{H2416} as Sheol,{H7585} And whole,{H8549} as those that go down{H3381} into the pit;{H953}

We shall find{H4672} all precious{H3368} substance;{H1952} We shall fill{H4390} our houses{H1004} with spoil;{H7998}

Thou shalt cast{H5307} thy lot{H1486} among{H8432} us; We will all have one{H259} purse:{H3599}

My son,{H1121} walk{H3212} not thou in the way{H1870} with them; Refrain{H4513} thy foot{H7272} from their path:{H5410}

For their feet{H7272} run{H7323} to evil,{H7451} And they make haste{H4116} to shed{H8210} blood.{H1818}

For in vain{H2600} is the net{H7568} spread{H2219} In the sight{H5869} of any bird:{H1167}

And these lay wait{H693} for their own blood;{H1818} They lurk privily{H6845} for their own lives.{H5315}

So are the ways{H734} of every one that is greedy{H1214} of gain;{H1215} It taketh away{H3947} the life{H5315} of the owners{H1167} thereof.

Wisdom{H2454} crieth{H7442} aloud in the street;{H2351} She uttereth{H5414} her voice{H6963} in the broad{H7339} places;

She crieth{H7121} in the chief place{H7218} of concourse;{H1993} At the entrance{H6607} of the gates,{H8179} In the city,{H5892} she uttereth{H559} her words:{H561}

How long, ye simple ones,{H6612} will ye love{H157} simplicity?{H6612} And scoffers{H3887} delight{H2530} them in scoffing,{H3944} And fools{H3684} hate{H8130} knowledge?{H1847}

Turn{H7725} you at my reproof:{H8433} Behold, I will pour out{H5042} my spirit{H7307} upon you; I will make known{H3045} my words{H1697} unto you.

Because I have called,{H7121} and ye have refused;{H3985} I have stretched out{H5186} my hand,{H3027} and no man hath regarded;{H7181}

But ye have set at nought{H6544} all my counsel,{H6098} And would{H14} none of my reproof:{H8433}

I also will laugh{H7832} in [the day of] your calamity;{H343} I will mock{H3932} when your fear{H6343} cometh;{H935}

When your fear{H6343} cometh{H935} as a storm,{H5492} And your calamity{H343} cometh{H857} on as a whirlwind;{H5492} When distress{H6869} and anguish{H6695} come{H935} upon you.

Then will they call{H7121} upon me, but I will not answer;{H6030} They will seek me diligently,{H7836} but they shall not find{H4672} me:

For that they hated{H8130} knowledge,{H1847} And did not choose{H977} the fear{H3374} of Jehovah:{H3068}

They would{H14} none of my counsel;{H6098} They despised{H5006} all my reproof.{H8433}

Therefore shall they eat{H398} of the fruit{H6529} of their own way,{H1870} And be filled{H7646} with their own devices.{H4156}

For the backsliding{H4878} of the simple{H6612} shall slay{H2026} them, And the careless ease{H7962} of fools{H3684} shall destroy{H6} them.

But whoso hearkeneth{H8085} unto me shall dwell{H7931} securely,{H983} And shall be quiet{H7599} without fear{H6343} of evil.{H7451}