Dual Panel1The Proverbs <04912> of Solomon <08010> son <01121> of David <01732>, king <04428> of Israel <03478>:
2To learn <03045> wisdom <02451> and moral instruction <04148>, and to discern <0995> wise <0998> counsel <0561>.
3To receive <03947> moral instruction <04148> in skillful living <07919>, in righteousness <06664>, justice <04941>, and equity <04339>.
4To impart <05414> shrewdness <06195> to the morally naive <06612>, and a discerning <01847> plan <04209> to the young person <05288>.
5(Let the wise <02450> also hear <08085> and gain <03254> instruction <03948>, and let the discerning <0995> acquire <07069> guidance <08458>!)
6To discern <0995> the meaning of a proverb <04912> and a parable <04426>, the sayings <01697> of the wise <02450> and their riddles <02420>.
7Fearing <03374> the Lord <03068> is the beginning <07225> of moral knowledge <01847>, but fools <0191> despise <0936> wisdom <02451> and instruction <04148>.
8Listen <08085>, my child <01121>, to the instruction <04148> from your father <01>, and do not <0408> forsake <05203> the teaching <08451> from your mother <0517>.
9For <03588> they <01992> will be like an elegant <02580> garland <03880> on your head <07218>, and like pendants <06060> around your neck <01621>.
10My child <01121>, if <0518> sinners <02400> try to entice <06601> you, do not <0408> consent <014>!
11If <0518> they say <0559>, “Come <01980> with <0854> us! We will lie in wait <0693> to shed blood <01818>; we will ambush <06845> an innocent <05355> person capriciously <02600>.
12We will swallow <01104> them alive <02416> like Sheol <07585>, those full of vigor <08549> like those going down <03381> to the Pit <0953>.
13We will seize <04672> all <03605> kinds of precious <03368> wealth <01952>; we will fill <04390> our houses <01004> with plunder <07998>.
14Join <05307> with <08432> us! We will all <03605> share equally <0259> in what we steal <03599>.”
15My child <01121>, do not <0408> go down <01980> their way <01870>, withhold <04513> yourself from their path <05410>;
16for <03588> they are eager <07323> <07272> to inflict harm <07451>, and they hasten <04116> to shed <08210> blood <01818>.
17Surely <03588> it is futile <02600> to spread <02219> a net <07568> in plain sight <05869> of any <03605> bird <03671> <01167>,
18but these men lie in wait <0693> for their <01992> own blood <01818>, they ambush <06845> their own lives <05315>!
19Such <03651> are the ways <0734> of all <03605> who gain <01214> profit unjustly <01215>; it takes away <03947> the life <05315> of those who obtain <01167> it!
20Wisdom <02454> calls out <07442> in the street <02351>, she shouts <05414> loudly <06963> in the plazas <07339>;
21at the head <07218> of the noisy <01993> streets she calls <07121>, in the entrances <06607> of the gates <08179> in the city <05892> she utters <0559> her words <0561>:
22“How <04970> long <05704> will you simpletons <06612> love <0157> naiveté <06612>? How long will mockers <03887> delight <02530> in mockery <03944> and fools <03684> hate <08130> knowledge <01847>?
23If only you will respond <07725> to my rebuke <08433>, then <02009> I will pour out <05042> my thoughts <07307> to you and I will make my words <01697> known <03045> to you.
24However, because <03282> I called <07121> but you refused <03985> to listen, because I stretched out <05186> my hand <03027> but no one <0369> paid attention <07181>,
25because you neglected <06544> all <03605> my advice <06098>, and did not <03808> comply <014> with my rebuke <08433>,
26so <01571> I myself <0589> will laugh <07832> when disaster <0343> strikes you, I will mock <03932> when what you dread <06343> comes <0935>,
27when what you dread <06343> comes <0935> like a whirlwind <07584>, and disaster <0343> strikes <0857> you like a devastating storm <05492>, when distressing <06695> trouble <06869> comes <0935> on <05921> you.
28Then <0227> they will call <07121> to me, but I will not <03808> answer <06030>; they will diligently seek <07836> me, but they will not <03808> find <04672> me.
29Because <03588> <08478> they hated <08130> moral knowledge <01847>, and did not <03808> choose <0977> to fear <03374> the Lord <03068>,
30they did not <03808> comply <014> with my advice <06098>, they spurned <05006> all <03605> my rebuke <08433>.
31Therefore they will eat <0398> from the fruit <06529> of their way <01870>, and they will be stuffed full <07646> of their own counsel <04156>.
32For <03588> the waywardness <04878> of the simpletons <06612> will kill <02026> them, and the careless <07962> ease of fools <03684> will destroy <06> them.
33But the one who listens <08085> to me will live <07931> in security <0983>, and will be at ease <07599> from the dread <06343> of harm <07451>.