Pro 1 | EngLXX | STEP | The Proverbs of Solomon son of David, who reigned in Israel;

Proverbs 1

1 The Proverbs of Solomon son of David, who reigned in Israel; 2 to know wisdom and instruction, and to perceive words of understanding; 3 to receive also hard saying, and to understand true justice, andhow to direct judgment; 4 that he might give subtlety to the simple, and to the young man discernment and understanding. 5 For by the hearing of these a wise man will be wiser, and man of understanding will gaindirection; 6 and will understand a parable, and a dark speech; the saying of the wise also, and riddles. 7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; andthere is good understanding to all that practise it: and piety toward God is the beginningof discernment; but the ungodly will set at nothing wisdom and instruction. 8 Hear,my son, the instruction of your father, and reject not the rules of your mother. 9 For you shall receive for your head a crown of graces, and a chain of gold round yourneck. 10 My son, let not ungodly men lead you astray, neither consent youto them. 11 If they should exhort you, saying, Come with us, partake in blood, and let us unjustlyhide the just man in the earth: 12 and let us swallow him alive, as Hadeswould, and remove the memorial of him from the earth: 13 let us seize on his valuable property, and let us fill our houses with spoils: 14 but do you cast in your lot with us, and let us all provide a common purse, and let ushave one pouch: 15 go not in the way with them, but turn aside your foot from their paths: 17 for nets are not without cause spread for birds. 18 For they that are concerned in murder store up evils for themselves; and the overthrowof transgressors is evil. 19 These are the ways of all that perform lawless deeds; for by ungodliness they destroytheir own life. 20 Wisdom sings aloud in passages, and in the broad places speaks boldly. 21 And she makes proclamation on the top of the walls, and sits by the gates of princes;and at the gates of the city boldly says, 22 So long as the simple cleave to justice, they shall not be ashamed: but the foolish beinglovers of haughtiness, having become ungodly have hated knowledge, and are become subject to reproofs. 23 Behold, I will bring forth to you the utterance of my breath, and I will instruct youin my speech. 24 Since I called, and you⌃ did not hearken; and I spoke at length, and you⌃ gave no heed; 25 but you⌃ set at nothing my counsels, and disregarded my reproofs; 26 therefore I also will laugh at your destruction; and I will rejoice againstyou when ruin comes upon you: 27 yes when dismay suddenly comes upon you, andyour overthrow shall arrive like a tempest; and when tribulation and distress shall come uponyou, or when ruin shall come upon you. 28 For it shall be that when you⌃ call upon me, I will not hearken to you: wicked men shallseek me, but shall not findme. 29 For they hated wisdom, and did not choose the word of the Lord: 30 neither would they attend to my counsels, but derided my reproofs. 31 Therefore shall they eat the fruits of their own way, and shall be filled with theirown ungodliness. 32 For because they wronged the simple, they shall be slain; and an inquisition shall ruinthe ungodly. 33 But he that hearkens to me shall dwell in confidence, and shall rest securely from allevil.