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| [1]The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; |
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| [2]To know wisdom and instructio comprehend the words of understanding; |
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| [3]To receive the discipline of wisdom, justice, and right, and equity; |
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| [4]To give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion; |
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| [5]That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, and the man of understanding may attain unto wis counsels; |
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| [6]To understand a proverb, and a figure; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. |
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| [7]The fear of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and discipline. |
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| [8]Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother; |
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| [9]For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. |
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| [10]My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. |
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| [11]If they say: 'Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk for the innocent without cause; |
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| [12]Let us swallow them up alive as the grave, and whole, as those that go down into the pit; |
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| [13]We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil; |
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| [14]Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse'— |
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| [15]My son, walk not thou in the way with them, restrain thy foot from their path; |
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| [16]For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. |
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| [17]For in vain the net is spread in the eyes of any bird; |
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| [18]And these lie in wait for their own blood, they lurk for their own lives. |
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| [19]So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; it taketh away the life of the owners thereof. |
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| [20]Wisdom crieth aloud in the streets, she uttereth her voice in the broad places; |
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| [21]She calleth at the head of the noisy streets, at the entrances of the gates, in the city, she uttereth her words: |
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| [22]'How long, ye thoughtless, will ye love thoughtlessness? And how long will scorners delight them in scorning, and fools hate knowledge? |
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| [23]Turn you at my reproof; behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. |
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| [24]Because I have called, and ye refused, I have stretched out my hand, and no man attended, |
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| [25]But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof; |
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| [26]I also, in your calamity, will laugh, I will mock when your dread cometh; |
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| [27]When your dread cometh as a storm, and your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; when trouble and distress come upon you. |
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| [28]Then will they call me, but I will not answer, they will seek me earnestly, but they shall not find me. |
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| [29]For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇; |
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| [30]They would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof. |
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| [31]Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. |
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| [32]For the waywardness of the thoughtless shall slay them, and the confidence of fools sha destroy them. |
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| [33]But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, and shall be quiet without fear of evil.' |
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