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The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel,
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to know wisdom and instruction, to discern the words of understanding,
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to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness and justice and equity,
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to give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion,
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that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, and that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsels,
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to understand a proverb, and a figure, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
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The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge. The foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
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My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.
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For they shall be a garland of grace to thy head, and chains about thy neck.
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My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
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If they say, Come with us. Let us lay wait for blood. Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause.
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Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those who go down into the pit.
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We shall find all precious substance. We shall fill our houses with spoil.
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Thou shall cast thy lot among us. We will all have one bag.
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My son, walk not thou in the way with them. Restrain thy foot from their path.
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For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
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For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird,
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and these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.
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So are the ways of everyone who is greedy of gain. It takes away the life of the owners of it.
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Wisdom cries aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the broad places.
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She cries in the chief place of concourse, at the entrance of the gates, in the city. She utters her words:
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How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, and fools hate knowledge?
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Turn back at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you. I will make my words known to you.
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Because I have called, and ye have refused, I have stretched out my hand, and no man has regarded,
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but ye have made all my counsel void, and want none of my reproof,
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I also will laugh at your calamity. I will mock when your fear comes,
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when your fear comes as a storm, and your calamity comes on as a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.
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Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me,
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because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Jehovah.
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They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.
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Therefore they shall eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
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For the backsliding of the simple shall kill them, and the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.
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But he who hearkens to me shall dwell securely, and shall be quiet without fear of evil.