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