Proverbs 1:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

To impart shrewdness to the morally naive, a discerning plan to the young person.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 8:5 : 5 You who are naive, discern wisdom! And you fools, understand discernment!
  • Prov 8:12 : 12 “I, wisdom, have dwelt with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.
  • Prov 8:17 : 17 I will love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently will find me.
  • Prov 8:32 : 32 “So now, children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.
  • Prov 9:4-6 : 4 “Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding, she has said, 5 “Come, eat some of my food, and drink some of the wine I have mixed. 6 Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding.”
  • Eccl 11:9-12:1 : 9 Enjoy Life to the Fullest under the Fear of God Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes, but know that God will judge your motives and actions. 10 Banish emotional stress from your mind. and put away pain from your body; for youth and the prime of life are fleeting. 1 Fear God Now Because Old Age and Death Come Quickly So remember your Creator in the days of your youth– before the difficult days come, and the years draw near when you will say,“I have no pleasure in them”;
  • Isa 35:8 : 8 A thoroughfare will be there– it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it; it is reserved for those authorized to use it– fools will not stray into it.
  • 2 Tim 2:22 : 22 But keep away from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love, and peace, in company with others who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
  • Titus 2:6 : 6 Encourage younger men likewise to be self-controlled,
  • Ps 19:7 : 7 The law of the LORD is perfect and preserves one’s life. The rules set down by the LORD are reliable and impart wisdom to the inexperienced.
  • Ps 34:11 : 11 Come children! Listen to me! I will teach you what it means to fear the LORD.
  • Ps 119:9 : 9 ב(Bet) How can a young person maintain a pure life? By guarding it according to your instructions!
  • Ps 119:130 : 130 Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines. They give insight to the untrained.
  • Prov 1:22-23 : 22 “How long will you simpletons love naiveté? How long have mockers delighted in mockery? And how long will fools hate knowledge? 23 You should respond to my rebuke. Then I would pour out my thoughts to you; I would make my words known to you.
  • Prov 2:10-11 : 10 For wisdom will enter your heart, and moral knowledge will be attractive to you. 11 Discretion will protect you, understanding will guard you,
  • Prov 3:21 : 21 My child, do not let them escape from your sight; safeguard sound wisdom and discretion.
  • Prov 7:7-9 : 7 and I saw among the naive– I discerned among the youths– a young man who lacked sense. 8 He was passing by the street near her corner, making his way along the road to her house 9 in the twilight, the evening, in the dark of the night. 10 Suddenly a woman came out to meet him! She was dressed like a prostitute and with secret intent. 11 (She is loud and rebellious, she does not remain at home– 12 at one time outside, at another in the wide plazas, and by every corner she lies in wait.) 13 So she grabbed him and kissed him, and with a bold expression she said to him, 14 “I have meat from my peace offerings at home; today I have fulfilled my vows! 15 That is why I came out to meet you, to look for you, and I found you! 16 I have spread my bed with elegant coverings, with richly colored fabric from Egypt. 17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 18 Come, let’s drink deeply of lovemaking until morning, let’s delight ourselves with love’s pleasures. 19 For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a journey of some distance. 20 He has taken a bag of money with him; he will not return until the end of the month.” 21 She turned him aside with her persuasions; with her smooth talk she was enticing him along. 22 Suddenly he was going after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper’s snare 23 till an arrow pierces his liver– like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life. 24 So now, sons, listen to me, and pay attention to the words I speak.

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    7Introduction to the Theme of the Book Fearing the LORD is the beginning of discernment, but fools have despised wisdom and moral instruction.

  • Prov 1:2-3
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  • Prov 2:9-11
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  • Prov 8:5
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  • Prov 14:18
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  • Prov 16:21-23
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  • Prov 9:9-10
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    9Give instruction to a wise person, and he will become wiser still; teach a righteous person and he will add to his learning.

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  • Prov 18:15
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    15The discerning person acquires knowledge, and the wise person seeks knowledge.

  • Prov 2:1-2
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  • Prov 7:7
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    7and I saw among the naive– I discerned among the youths– a young man who lacked sense.

  • Prov 9:4
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    4“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding, she has said,

  • Prov 5:1-2
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    1Admonition to Avoid Seduction to Evil My child, be attentive to my wisdom, pay close attention to my understanding,

    2in order to safeguard discretion, and that your lips may guard knowledge.

  • Prov 14:8
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    8The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception.

  • Prov 9:16
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    16“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding she has said,

  • Prov 4:7
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    7Wisdom is supreme– so acquire wisdom, and whatever you acquire, acquire understanding!

  • Prov 14:15
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    15A naive person will believe anything, but the shrewd person discerns his steps.

  • Prov 24:4-5
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    4by knowledge its rooms are filled with all kinds of precious and pleasing treasures.

    5A wise warrior is strong, and a man of knowledge makes his strength stronger;

  • Prov 1:22
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    22“How long will you simpletons love naiveté? How long have mockers delighted in mockery? And how long will fools hate knowledge?

  • Prov 4:1
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    1Admonition to Follow Righteousness and Avoid Wickedness Listen, children, to a father’s instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment.

  • Prov 8:12
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    12“I, wisdom, have dwelt with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.

  • Prov 19:25
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    25Flog a scorner, and as a result the simpleton will learn prudence; correct a discerning person, and as a result he will understand knowledge.

  • Prov 3:13
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    13Blessings of Obtaining Wisdom Blessed is the one who has found wisdom, and the one who obtains understanding.

  • Prov 1:32
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    32For the waywardness of the simpletons will kill them, and the careless ease of fools will destroy them.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; it is not known in the inner parts of fools.

  • Ps 119:130
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    130Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines. They give insight to the untrained.

  • Isa 28:26
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    26His God instructs him; he teaches him the principles of agriculture.

  • Prov 10:14
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    14Those who are wise store up knowledge, but foolish speech leads to imminent destruction.

  • Prov 13:16
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    16Every shrewd person acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.

  • Prov 21:11
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    11When a scorner is punished, the naive becomes wise; when a wise person is instructed, he gains knowledge.

  • Job 34:2
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    2“Listen to my words, you wise men; hear me, you learned men.

  • Job 12:12
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    12Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?

  • Prov 3:21
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    21My child, do not let them escape from your sight; safeguard sound wisdom and discretion.

  • Prov 27:12
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    12A shrewd person saw danger–he hid himself; the naive passed right on by– they had to pay for it.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23The shrewd person conceals knowledge, but foolish people proclaim folly.

  • Dan 1:17
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    17Now as for these four young men, God endowed them with knowledge and skill in all sorts of literature and wisdom– and Daniel had insight into all kinds of visions and dreams.

  • Prov 22:3
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    3A shrewd person saw danger and hid himself, but the naive passed on by and paid for it.