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

To know{H3045}{(H8800)} wisdom{H2451} and instruction{H4148}; to perceive{H995}{(H8687)} the words{H561} of understanding{H998};

To receive{H3947}{(H8800)} the instruction{H4148} of wisdom{H7919}{(H8687)}, justice{H6664}, and judgment{H4941}, and equity{H4339};

To give{H5414}{(H8800)} subtilty{H6195} to the simple{H6612}, to the young man{H5288} knowledge{H1847} and discretion{H4209}.

A wise{H2450} man will hear{H8085}{(H8799)}, and will increase{H3254}{(H8686)} learning{H3948}; and a man of understanding{H995}{(H8737)} shall attain{H7069}{(H8799)} unto wise counsels{H8458}:

To understand{H995}{(H8687)} a proverb{H4912}, and the interpretation{H4426}; the words{H1697} of the wise{H2450}, and their dark sayings{H2420}.

The fear{H3374} of the LORD{H3068} is the beginning{H7225} of knowledge{H1847}: but fools{H191} despise{H936}{(H8804)} wisdom{H2451} and instruction{H4148}.

My son{H1121}, hear{H8085}{(H8798)} the instruction{H4148} of thy father{H1}, and forsake{H5203}{(H8799)} not the law{H8451} of thy mother{H517}:

For they shall be an ornament{H3880} of grace{H2580} unto thy head{H7218}, and chains{H6060} about thy neck{H1621}.

My son{H1121}, if sinners{H2400} entice{H6601}{(H8762)} thee, consent{H14}{(H8799)} thou not.

If they say{H559}{(H8799)}, Come{H3212}{(H8798)} with us, let us lay wait{H693}{(H8799)} for blood{H1818}, let us lurk{H6845}{(H8799)} privily for the innocent{H5355} without cause{H2600}:

Let us swallow them up{H1104}{(H8799)} alive{H2416} as the grave{H7585}; and whole{H8549}, as those that go down{H3381}{(H8802)} into the pit{H953}:

We shall find{H4672}{(H8799)} all precious{H3368} substance{H1952}, we shall fill{H4390}{(H8762)} our houses{H1004} with spoil{H7998}:

Cast{H5307}{(H8686)} in thy lot{H1486} among{H8432} us; let us all have one{H259} purse{H3599}:

My son{H1121}, walk{H3212}{(H8799)} not thou in the way{H1870} with them; refrain{H4513}{(H8798)} thy foot{H7272} from their path{H5410}:

For their feet{H7272} run{H7323}{(H8799)} to evil{H7451}, and make haste{H4116}{(H8762)} to shed{H8210}{(H8800)} blood{H1818}.

Surely in vain{H2600} the net{H7568} is spread{H2219}{(H8794)} in the sight{H5869} of any bird{H1167}{H3671}.

And they lay wait{H693}{(H8799)} for their own blood{H1818}; they lurk privily{H6845}{(H8799)} for their own lives{H5315}.

So are the ways{H734} of every one that is greedy{H1214}{(H8802)} of gain{H1215}; which taketh away{H3947}{(H8799)} the life{H5315} of the owners{H1167} thereof.

Wisdom{H2454} crieth{H7442}{(H8799)} without{H2351}; she uttereth{H5414}{(H8799)} her voice{H6963} in the streets{H7339}:

She crieth{H7121}{(H8799)} in the chief place{H7218} of concourse{H1993}{(H8802)}, in the openings{H6607} of the gates{H8179}: in the city{H5892} she uttereth{H559}{(H8799)} her words{H561}, saying,

How long, ye simple ones{H6612}, will ye love{H157}{(H8799)} simplicity{H6612}? and the scorners{H3887}{(H8801)} delight{H2530}{(H8804)} in their scorning{H3944}, and fools{H3684} hate{H8130}{(H8799)} knowledge{H1847}?

Turn{H7725}{(H8799)} you at my reproof{H8433}: behold, I will pour out{H5042}{(H8686)} my spirit{H7307} unto you, I will make known{H3045}{(H8686)} my words{H1697} unto you.

Because I have called{H7121}{(H8804)}, and ye refused{H3985}{(H8762)}; I have stretched out{H5186}{(H8804)} my hand{H3027}, and no man regarded{H7181}{(H8688)};

But ye have set at nought{H6544}{(H8799)} all my counsel{H6098}, and would{H14}{(H8804)} none of my reproof{H8433}:

I also will laugh{H7832}{(H8799)} at your calamity{H343}; I will mock{H3932}{(H8799)} when your fear{H6343} cometh{H935}{(H8800)};

When your fear{H6343} cometh{H935}{(H8800)} as desolation{H7722}{(H8675)}{H7584}, and your destruction{H343} cometh{H857}{(H8799)} as a whirlwind{H5492}; when distress{H6869} and anguish{H6695} cometh{H935}{(H8800)} upon you.

Then shall they call{H7121}{(H8799)} upon me, but I will not answer{H6030}{(H8799)}; they shall seek me early{H7836}{(H8762)}, but they shall not find{H4672}{(H8799)} me:

For that they hated{H8130}{(H8804)} knowledge{H1847}, and did not choose{H977}{(H8804)} the fear{H3374} of the LORD{H3068}:

They would{H14}{(H8804)} none of my counsel{H6098}: they despised{H5006}{(H8804)} all my reproof{H8433}.

Therefore shall they eat{H398}{(H8799)} of the fruit{H6529} of their own way{H1870}, and be filled{H7646}{(H8799)} with their own devices{H4156}.

For the turning away{H4878} of the simple{H6612} shall slay{H2026}{(H8799)} them, and the prosperity{H7962} of fools{H3684} shall destroy{H6}{(H8762)} them.

But whoso hearkeneth{H8085}{(H8802)} unto me shall dwell{H7931}{(H8799)} safely{H983}, and shall be quiet{H7599}{(H8768)} from fear{H6343} of evil{H7451}.