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Pro 1:1  The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:

Pro 1:2  To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight,

Pro 1:3  to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity;

Pro 1:4  to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth—

Pro 1:5  Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance,

Pro 1:6  to understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles.

Pro 1:7  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Pro 1:8  Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching,

Pro 1:9  for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.

Pro 1:10  My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.

Pro 1:11  If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without reason;

Pro 1:12  like Sheol let us swallow them alive, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;

Pro 1:13  we shall find all precious goods, we shall fill our houses with plunder;

Pro 1:14  throw in your lot among us; we will all have one purse”—

Pro 1:15  my son, do not walk in the way with them; hold back your foot from their paths,

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

Pro 1:17  For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird,

Pro 1:18  but these men lie in wait for their own blood; they set an ambush for their own lives.

Pro 1:19  Such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain; it takes away the life of its possessors.

Pro 1:20  Wisdom cries aloud in the street, in the markets she raises her voice;

Pro 1:21  at the head of the noisy streets she cries out; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:

Pro 1:22  “How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?

Pro 1:23  If you turn at my reproof, behold, I will pour out my spirit to you; I will make my words known to you.

Pro 1:24  Because I have called and you refused to listen, have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,

Pro 1:25  because you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof,

Pro 1:26  I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when terror strikes you,

Pro 1:27  when terror strikes you like a storm and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.

Pro 1:28  Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but will not find me.

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

Pro 1:30  would have none of my counsel and despised all my reproof,

Pro 1:31  therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way, and have their fill of their own devices.

Pro 1:32  For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them;

Pro 1:33  but whoever listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of disaster.”

Pro 2:1  My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you,

Pro 2:2  making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding;

Pro 2:3  yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding,

Pro 2:4  if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures,

Pro 2:5  then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.

Pro 2:6  For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;

Pro 2:7  he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity,