Proverbs 1:1-33 LSB

[1] The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: [2] To know wisdom and discipline, To understand the sayings of understanding, [3] To receive discipline that leads to insight, Righteousness, justice, and equity, [4] To give prudence to the simple, To the youth knowledge and discretion; [5] Let the wise man hear and increase in learning, And a man of understanding will acquire guidance, [6] To understand a proverb and an enigma, The words of the wise and their riddles. [7] The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; Ignorant fools despise wisdom and discipline. [8] Hear, my son, your father’s discipline And do not abandon your mother’s instruction; [9] For they are a garland of grace for your head And ornaments about your neck. [10] My son, if sinners entice you, Do not be willing. [11] If they say, “Come with us, Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us ambush the innocent without cause; [12] Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, And whole, as those who go down to the pit; [13] We will find all kinds of precious wealth, We will fill our houses with spoil; [14] Cast in your lot with us, We shall all have one purse,” [15] My son, do not walk in the way with them. Withhold your feet from their pathway, [16] For their feet run to evil And they hasten to shed blood. [17] For it is no use that a net is spread In the sight of any bird; [18] But they lie in wait for their own blood; They ambush their own lives. [19] So are the paths of everyone who is greedy for gain; It takes away the life of its possessors. [20] Wisdom shouts in the street, She gives forth her voice in the square; [21] At the head of the noisy streets she calls out; At the entrance of the gates in the city she utters her sayings: [22] “How long, O simple ones, will you love simplicity? And scoffers delight in scoffing And fools hate knowledge? [23] “Turn to my reproof, Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you. [24] “Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention; [25] And you neglected all my counsel And were not willing to accept my reproof; [26] I will also laugh at your disaster; I will mock when your dread comes, [27] When your dread comes like a storm And your disaster comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you. [28] “Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me earnestly but they will not find me, [29] Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of Yahweh. [30] “They were not willing to accept my counsel, They spurned all my reproof. [31] “So they shall eat of the fruit of their way And be satisfied with their own devices. [32] “For the turning away of the simple will kill them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them. [33] “But he who listens to me shall dwell securely And will be at ease from the dread of evil.”