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Proverbs 1 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

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The Beginning of Knowledge

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:1 - The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:2 - To know wisdom and instruction,
to understand words of insight,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:3 - to receive instruction in wise dealing,
in righteousness, justice, and equity;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:4 - to give prudence to the simple,
knowledge and discretion to the youth—

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:5 - Let the wise hear and increase in learning,
and the one who understands obtain guidance,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:6 - to understand a proverb and a saying,
the words of the wise and their riddles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:7 - The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and instruction.

The Enticement of Sinners

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:8 - Hear, my son, your father’s instruction,
and forsake not your mother’s teaching,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:9 - for they are a graceful garland for your head
and pendants for your neck.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:10 - My son, if sinners entice you,
do not consent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:11 - If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood;
let us ambush the innocent without reason;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:12 - like Sheol let us swallow them alive,
and whole, like those who go down to the pit;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:13 - we shall find all precious goods,
we shall fill our houses with plunder;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:14 - throw in your lot among us;
we will all have one purse”—

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:15 - my son, do not walk in the way with them;
hold back your foot from their paths,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:16 - for their feet run to evil,
and they make haste to shed blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:17 - For in vain is a net spread
in the sight of any bird,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:18 - but these men lie in wait for their own blood;
they set an ambush for their own lives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:19 - Such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain;
it takes away the life of its possessors.

The Call of Wisdom

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:20 - Wisdom cries aloud in the street,
in the markets she raises her voice;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:21 - at the head of the noisy streets she cries out;
at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:22 - “How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing
and fools hate knowledge?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:23 - If you turn at my reproof,[fn]
behold, I will pour out my spirit to you;
I will make my words known to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:24 - Because I have called and you refused to listen,
have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:25 - because you have ignored all my counsel
and would have none of my reproof,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:26 - I also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when terror strikes you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:27 - when terror strikes you like a storm
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when distress and anguish come upon you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:28 - Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;
they will seek me diligently but will not find me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:29 - Because they hated knowledge
and did not choose the fear of the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:30 - would have none of my counsel
and despised all my reproof,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:31 - therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way,
and have their fill of their own devices.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:32 - For the simple are killed by their turning away,
and the complacency of fools destroys them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:33 - but whoever listens to me will dwell secure
and will be at ease, without dread of disaster.”
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Or Will you turn away at my reproof?
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Proverbs Chapter 1 — Additional Translations:

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