Dual Panel1The proverbs <04912> of Solomon <08010> the son <01121> of David <01732>_, king <04428> of Israel <03478>_;
2To know <03045> (8800) wisdom <02451> and instruction <04148>_; to perceive <0995> (8687) the words <0561> of understanding <0998>_;
3To receive <03947> (8800) the instruction <04148> of wisdom <07919> (8687)_, justice <06664>_, and judgment <04941>_, and equity <04339>_; {equity: Heb. equities}
4To give <05414> (8800) subtilty <06195> to the simple <06612>_, to the young man <05288> knowledge <01847> and discretion <04209>_. {discretion: or, advisement}
5A wise <02450> [man] will hear <08085> (8799)_, and will increase <03254> (8686) learning <03948>_; and a man of understanding <0995> (8737) shall attain <07069> (8799) unto wise counsels <08458>_:
6To understand <0995> (8687) a proverb <04912>_, and the interpretation <04426>_; the words <01697> of the wise <02450>_, and their dark sayings <02420>_. {the interpretation: or, an eloquent speech}
7The fear <03374> of the LORD <03068> [is] the beginning <07225> of knowledge <01847>_: [but] fools <0191> despise <0936> (8804) wisdom <02451> and instruction <04148>_. {the beginning: or, the principal part}
8My son <01121>_, hear <08085> (8798) the instruction <04148> of thy father <01>_, and forsake <05203> (8799) not the law <08451> of thy mother <0517>_:
9For they [shall be] an ornament <03880> of grace <02580> unto thy head <07218>_, and chains <06060> about thy neck <01621>_. {an...: Heb. an adding}
10My son <01121>_, if sinners <02400> entice <06601> (8762) thee, consent <014> (8799) thou not.
11If they say <0559> (8799)_, Come <03212> (8798) with us, let us lay wait <0693> (8799) for blood <01818>_, let us lurk <06845> (8799) privily for the innocent <05355> without cause <02600>_:
12Let us swallow them up <01104> (8799) alive <02416> as the grave <07585>_; and whole <08549>_, as those that go down <03381> (8802) into the pit <0953>_:
13We shall find <04672> (8799) all precious <03368> substance <01952>_, we shall fill <04390> (8762) our houses <01004> with spoil <07998>_:
14Cast <05307> (8686) in thy lot <01486> among <08432> us; let us all have one <0259> purse <03599>_:
15My son <01121>_, walk <03212> (8799) not thou in the way <01870> with them; refrain <04513> (8798) thy foot <07272> from their path <05410>_:
16For their feet <07272> run <07323> (8799) to evil <07451>_, and make haste <04116> (8762) to shed <08210> (8800) blood <01818>_.
17Surely in vain <02600> the net <07568> is spread <02219> (8794) in the sight <05869> of any bird <01167> <03671>_. {in the...: Heb. in the eyes of every thing that hath a wing}
18And they lay wait <0693> (8799) for their [own] blood <01818>_; they lurk privily <06845> (8799) for their [own] lives <05315>_.
19So [are] the ways <0734> of every one that is greedy <01214> (8802) of gain <01215>_; [which] taketh away <03947> (8799) the life <05315> of the owners <01167> thereof.
20Wisdom <02454> crieth <07442> (8799) without <02351>_; she uttereth <05414> (8799) her voice <06963> in the streets <07339>_: {Wisdom: Heb. Wisdoms, that is, Excellent wisdom}
21She crieth <07121> (8799) in the chief place <07218> of concourse <01993> (8802)_, in the openings <06607> of the gates <08179>_: in the city <05892> she uttereth <0559> (8799) her words <0561>_, [saying],
22How long, ye simple ones <06612>_, will ye love <0157> (8799) simplicity <06612>_? and the scorners <03887> (8801) delight <02530> (8804) in their scorning <03944>_, and fools <03684> hate <08130> (8799) knowledge <01847>_?
23Turn <07725> (8799) you at my reproof <08433>_: behold, I will pour out <05042> (8686) my spirit <07307> unto you, I will make known <03045> (8686) my words <01697> unto you.
24Because I have called <07121> (8804)_, and ye refused <03985> (8762)_; I have stretched out <05186> (8804) my hand <03027>_, and no man regarded <07181> (8688)_;
25But ye have set at nought <06544> (8799) all my counsel <06098>_, and would <014> (8804) none of my reproof <08433>_:
26I also will laugh <07832> (8799) at your calamity <0343>_; I will mock <03932> (8799) when your fear <06343> cometh <0935> (8800)_;
27When your fear <06343> cometh <0935> (8800) as desolation <07722> (8675) <07584>_, and your destruction <0343> cometh <0857> (8799) as a whirlwind <05492>_; when distress <06869> and anguish <06695> cometh <0935> (8800) upon you.
28Then shall they call <07121> (8799) upon me, but I will not answer <06030> (8799)_; they shall seek me early <07836> (8762)_, but they shall not find <04672> (8799) me:
29For that they hated <08130> (8804) knowledge <01847>_, and did not choose <0977> (8804) the fear <03374> of the LORD <03068>_:
30They would <014> (8804) none of my counsel <06098>_: they despised <05006> (8804) all my reproof <08433>_.
31Therefore shall they eat <0398> (8799) of the fruit <06529> of their own way <01870>_, and be filled <07646> (8799) with their own devices <04156>_.
32For the turning away <04878> of the simple <06612> shall slay <02026> (8799) them, and the prosperity <07962> of fools <03684> shall destroy <06> (8762) them. {turning...: or, ease of the simple}
33But whoso hearkeneth <08085> (8802) unto me shall dwell <07931> (8799) safely <0983>_, and shall be quiet <07599> (8768) from fear <06343> of evil <07451>_.