Proverbs 1
1 The Parables of Salomon the sonne of Dauid King of Israel,
The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, King of Israel:
2 To knowe wisdome, and instruction, to vnderstand ye wordes of knowledge,
For the knowledge of wisdom and correction, for discerning the sayings of intelligence;
3 To receiue instruction to do wisely, by iustice and iudgement and equitie,
For receiving the correction of prudence, righteousness and justice, and equity;
4 To giue vnto the simple, sharpenesse of wit, and to the childe knowledge and discretion.
For giving To the simple shrewdness, To the young man, knowledge and discretion.
5 A wise man shall heare and increase in learning, and a man of vnderstanding shall attayne vnto wise counsels,
A wise man, will hear, and will increase learning, and a, discreet man, wise counsels, will acquire,
6 To vnderstand a parable, and the interpretation, the wordes of ye wise, and their darke sayings.
By gaining discernment of proverb, and satire, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7 The feare of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fooles despise wisedome and instruction.
The reverence of Yahweh, is the beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and correction, the foolish have despised.
8 My sonne, heare thy fathers instruction, and forsake not thy mothers teaching.
Hear, my son, the correction of thy father, and do not reject the instruction of thy mother;
9 For they shalbe a comely ornament vnto thine head, and as chaines for thy necke.
For, a wreath of beauty, shall they be to thy head, and chains of ornament, to thy neck.
10 My sonne, if sinners doe intise thee, consent thou not.
My son, if sinners entice thee, do not consent.
11 If they say, Come with vs, we will lay waite for blood, and lie priuilie for the innocent without a cause:
If they say—Come with us, —Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us watch in secret for him who is needlessly innocent;
12 We wil swallow them vp aliue like a graue euen whole, as those that goe downe into the pit: (Sheol h7585)
Let us engulf them, like hades, alive, While in health, like them who are going down to the pit; (Sheol h7585)
13 We shall finde all precious riches, and fill our houses with spoyle:
All costly substance, shall we find, We shall fill our houses with spoil;
14 Cast in thy lot among vs: we will all haue one purse:
Thy lot, shalt thou cast into our midst, One purse, shall there be, for us all.
15 My sonne, walke not thou in the way with them: refraine thy foote from their path.
My son, do not walk in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path.
16 For their feete runne to euill, and make haste to shed blood.
For, their feet, to mischief, do run, and haste to the shedding of blood.
17 Certainely as without cause the net is spred before the eyes of all that hath wing:
Surely, in vain, is spread the net, in the sight of aught that hath wings!
18 So they lay waite for blood and lie priuily for their liues.
Yet, they, for their own blood, lie in wait, They watch in secret for their own life.
19 Such are the wayes of euery one that is greedy of gaine: he would take away the life of the owners thereof.
Such are the ways of every one that graspeth with greed, The life of the owners thereof, it taketh away!
20 Wisdome cryeth without: she vttereth her voyce in the streetes.
Wisdom, in the open place, soundeth forth, in the broadways, she raiseth her voice;
21 She calleth in the hye streete, among the prease in the entrings of the gates, and vttereth her wordes in the citie, saying,
At the head of bustling streets, she crieth aloud, —at the openings of the gates in the city—her sayings, she doth utter: —
22 O ye foolish, howe long will ye loue foolishnes? and the scornefull take their pleasure in scorning, and the fooles hate knowledge?
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and, scoffers, in scoffing, delight them? and, dullards, hate knowledge?
23 (Turne you at my correction: loe, I will powre out my mind vnto you, and make you vnderstand my wordes)
Will ye turn, at my reproof? Lo! I will pour out to you my spirit, I will make known my words to you.
24 Because I haue called, and ye refused: I haue stretched out mine hand, and none woulde regarde.
Because I called, and ye refused, I stretched out my hand, and no one regarded;
25 But ye haue despised all my counsell, and would none of my correction.
But ye dismissed all my counsel, and, to my rebuke, would not yield,
26 I will also laugh at your destruction, and mocke, when your feare commeth.
I also, at your calamity, will laugh, I will mock, when cometh your dread;
27 Whe your feare cometh like sudden desolation, and your destruction shall come like a whirle wind: whe affliction and anguish shall come vpon you,
When cometh as a crashing your dread, and, your calamity, as a storm-wind, overtaketh, when there come upon you, distress and anguish.
28 Then shall they call vpon me, but I will not answere: they shall seeke me early, but they shall not finde me,
Then, will they call me, but I will not answer, they will seek me diligently, but shall not find me.
29 Because they hated knowledge, and did not chuse the feare of the Lord.
Because they hated knowledge, and, the reverence of Yahweh, did not choose;
30 They would none of my counsell, but despised all my correction.
Consented not to my counsel, disdained all my rebuke,
31 Therefore shall they eate of ye fruite of their owne way, and be filled with their owne deuises.
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and, with their own counsels, be filled.
32 For ease slaieth the foolish, and the prosperitie of fooles destroyeth them.
For, the turning away of the simple, will slay them, —and, the carelessness of dullards, will destroy them.
33 But he that obeyeth me, shall dwell safely, and be quiet from feare of euill.
Whereas, he that hearkeneth unto me, shall dwell safely, and be at rest, without dread of misfortune.
