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The proverbs[H4912] of Solomon[H8010] the son[H1121] of David[H1732], king[H4428] of Israel[H3478];
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To know[H3045]wisdom[H2451] and instruction[H4148]; to perceive[H995] the words[H561] of understanding[H998];
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To receive[H3947] the instruction[H4148] of wisdom[H7919], justice[H6664], and judgment[H4941], and equity[H4339];
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To give[H5414]subtilty[H6195] to the simple[H6612], to the young man[H5288]knowledge[H1847] and discretion[H4209].
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A wise[H2450] man will hear[H8085], and will increase[H3254]learning[H3948]; and a man of understanding[H995] shall attain[H7069] unto wise[H2450]counsels[H8458]:
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To understand[H995] a proverb[H4912], and the interpretation[H4426]; the words[H1697] of the wise[H2450], and their dark sayings[H2420].
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The fear[H3374] of the LORD[H3068] is the beginning[H7225] of knowledge[H1847]: but fools[H191]despise[H936]wisdom[H2451] and instruction[H4148].
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My son[H1121], hear[H8085] the instruction[H4148] of thy father[H1], and forsake[H5203] not the law[H8451] of thy mother[H517]:
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For they shall be an ornament[H3880] of grace[H2580] unto thy head[H7218], and chains[H6060] about thy neck[H1621].
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My son[H1121], if sinners[H2400]entice[H6601] thee, consent[H14] thou not.
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If they say[H559], Come[H3212] with us, let us lay wait[H693] for blood[H1818], let us lurk[H6845] privily for the innocent[H5355] without cause[H2600]:
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Let us swallow them up[H1104]alive[H2416] as the grave[H7585]; and whole[H8549], as those that go down[H3381] into the pit[H953]:
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We shall find[H4672] all precious[H3368]substance[H1952], we shall fill[H4390] our houses[H1004] with spoil[H7998]:
14Cast[H5307] in thy lot[H1486]among[H8432] us; let us all have one[H259]purse[H3599]:
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My son[H1121], walk[H3212] not thou in the way[H1870] with them; refrain[H4513] thy foot[H7272] from their path[H5410]:
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For their feet[H7272]run[H7323] to evil[H7451], and make haste[H4116] to shed[H8210]blood[H1818].
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Surely in vain[H2600] the net[H7568] is spread[H2219] in the sight[H5869] of any bird[H1167].
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And they lay wait[H693] for their own blood[H1818]; they lurk privily[H6845] for their own lives[H5315].
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So are the ways[H734] of every one that is greedy[H1214] of gain[H1215]; which taketh away[H3947] the life[H5315] of the owners[H1167] thereof.
20Wisdom[H2454]crieth[H7442]without[H2351]; she uttereth[H5414] her voice[H6963] in the streets[H7339]:
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She crieth[H7121] in the chief place[H7218] of concourse[H1993], in the openings[H6607] of the gates[H8179]: in the city[H5892] she uttereth[H559] her words[H561], saying,
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How long, ye simple ones[H6612], will ye love[H157]simplicity?[H6612] and the scorners[H3887]delight[H2530] in their scorning[H3944], and fools[H3684]hate[H8130]knowledge?[H1847]
23Turn[H7725] you at my reproof[H8433]: behold, I will pour out[H5042] my spirit[H7307] unto you, I will make known[H3045] my words[H1697] unto you.
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Because I have called[H7121], and ye refused[H3985]; I have stretched out[H5186] my hand[H3027], and no man regarded[H7181];
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But ye have set at nought[H6544] all my counsel[H6098], and would[H14] none of my reproof[H8433]:
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I also will laugh[H7832] at your calamity[H343]; I will mock[H3932] when your fear[H6343]cometh[H935];
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When your fear[H6343]cometh[H935] as desolation[H7722], and your destruction[H343]cometh[H857] as a whirlwind[H5492]; when distress[H6869] and anguish[H6695]cometh[H857] upon you.
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Then shall they call[H7121] upon me, but I will not answer[H6030]; they shall seek me early[H7836], but they shall not find[H4672] me:
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For that they hated[H8130]knowledge[H1847], and did not choose[H977] the fear[H3374] of the LORD[H3068]:
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They would[H14] none of my counsel[H6098]: they despised[H5006] all my reproof[H8433].
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Therefore shall they eat[H398] of the fruit[H6529] of their own way[H1870], and be filled[H7646] with their own devices[H4156].
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For the turning away[H4878] of the simple[H6612] shall slay[H2026] them, and the prosperity[H7962] of fools[H3684] shall destroy[H6] them.
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But whoso hearkeneth[H8085] unto me shall dwell[H7931]safely[H983], and shall be quiet[H7599] from fear[H6343] of evil[H7451].