Proverbs 1
1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
The Parables of Salomon the sonne of Dauid King of Israel,
2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
To knowe wisdome, and instruction, to vnderstand ye wordes of knowledge,
3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
To receiue instruction to do wisely, by iustice and iudgement and equitie,
4 To give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
To giue vnto the simple, sharpenesse of wit, and to the childe knowledge and discretion.
5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain to wise counsels:
A wise man shall heare and increase in learning, and a man of vnderstanding shall attayne vnto wise counsels,
6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
To vnderstand a parable, and the interpretation, the wordes of ye wise, and their darke sayings.
7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
The feare of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fooles despise wisedome and instruction.
8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
My sonne, heare thy fathers instruction, and forsake not thy mothers teaching.
9 For they shall be an ornament of grace to thy head, and chains about thy neck.
For they shalbe a comely ornament vnto thine head, and as chaines for thy necke.
10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
My sonne, if sinners doe intise thee, consent thou not.
11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause:
If they say, Come with vs, we will lay waite for blood, and lie priuilie for the innocent without a cause:
12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: (Sheol h7585)
We wil swallow them vp aliue like a graue euen whole, as those that goe downe into the pit: (Sheol h7585)
13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
We shall finde all precious riches, and fill our houses with spoyle:
14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
Cast in thy lot among vs: we will all haue one purse:
15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; keep thy foot from their path:
My sonne, walke not thou in the way with them: refraine thy foote from their path.
16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
For their feete runne to euill, and make haste to shed blood.
17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Certainely as without cause the net is spred before the eyes of all that hath wing:
18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.
So they lay waite for blood and lie priuily for their liues.
19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; who taketh away the life of its owners.
Such are the wayes of euery one that is greedy of gaine: he would take away the life of the owners thereof.
20 Wisdom crieth outside; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
Wisdome cryeth without: she vttereth her voyce in the streetes.
21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
She calleth in the hye streete, among the prease in the entrings of the gates, and vttereth her wordes in the citie, saying,
22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
O ye foolish, howe long will ye loue foolishnes? and the scornefull take their pleasure in scorning, and the fooles hate knowledge?
23 Turn ye at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit to you, I will make known to you my words.
(Turne you at my correction: loe, I will powre out my mind vnto you, and make you vnderstand my wordes)
24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
Because I haue called, and ye refused: I haue stretched out mine hand, and none woulde regarde.
25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and rejected my reproof:
But ye haue despised all my counsell, and would none of my correction.
26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
I will also laugh at your destruction, and mocke, when your feare commeth.
27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
Whe your feare cometh like sudden desolation, and your destruction shall come like a whirle wind: whe affliction and anguish shall come vpon you,
28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
Then shall they call vpon me, but I will not answere: they shall seeke me early, but they shall not finde me,
29 Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
Because they hated knowledge, and did not chuse the feare of the Lord.
30 They rejected my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
They would none of my counsell, but despised all my correction.
31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Therefore shall they eate of ye fruite of their owne way, and be filled with their owne deuises.
32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
For ease slaieth the foolish, and the prosperitie of fooles destroyeth them.
33 But whoever hearkeneth to me shall dwell in safety, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
But he that obeyeth me, shall dwell safely, and be quiet from feare of euill.
