1:1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
1:1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:

1:2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
1:2 To know wisdom and instruction, To perceive the words of understanding,

1:3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
1:3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, Justice, judgment, and equity;

1:4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
1:4 To give prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion--

1:5 A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
1:5 A wise man will hear and increase learning, And a man of understanding will attain wise counsel,

1:6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
1:6 To understand a proverb and an enigma, The words of the wise and their riddles.

1:7 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.
1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction.

1:8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
1:8 My son, hear the instruction of your father, And do not forsake the law of your mother;

1:9 For they [shall be] an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
1:9 For they will be a graceful ornament on your head, And chains about your neck.

1:10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
1:10 My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent.

1:11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
1:11 If they say, "Come with us, Let us lie in wait to shed blood; Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

1:12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
1:12 Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, And whole, like those who go down to the Pit;

1:13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
1:13 We shall find all kinds of precious possessions, We shall fill our houses with spoil;

1:14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
1:14 Cast in your lot among us, Let us all have one purse"--

1:15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
1:15 My son, do not walk in the way with them, Keep your foot from their path;

1:16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
1:16 For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.

1:17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
1:17 Surely, in vain the net is spread In the sight of any bird;

1:18 And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk privily for their [own] lives.
1:18 But they lie in wait for their own blood, They lurk secretly for their own lives.

1:19 So [are] the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; [which] taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
1:19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; It takes away the life of its owners.

1:20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
1:20 Wisdom calls aloud outside; She raises her voice in the open squares.

1:21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, [saying],
1:21 She cries out in the chief concourses, At the openings of the gates in the city She speaks her words:

1:22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
1:22 "How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, And fools hate knowledge.

1:23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
1:23 Turn at my rebuke; Surely I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.

1:24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
1:24 Because I have called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded,

1:25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
1:25 Because you disdained all my counsel, And would have none of my rebuke,

1:26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
1:26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your terror comes,

1:27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
1:27 When your terror comes like a storm, And your destruction comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.

1:28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
1:28 "Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.

1:29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
1:29 Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the LORD,

1:30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
1:30 They would have none of my counsel And despised my every rebuke.

1:31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
1:31 Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, And be filled to the full with their own fancies.

1:32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
1:32 For the turning away of the simple will slay them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them;

1:33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
1:33 But whoever listens to me will dwell safely, And will be secure, without fear of evil."