1The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:
2For learning about wisdom and instruction,
3for gaining instruction in wise dealing,
4to teach shrewdness to the simple,
5let the wise also hear and gain in learning,
6to understand a proverb and a figure,
9for they are a fair garland for your head,
10My child, if sinners entice you,
11If they say, Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood;
12like Sheol let us swallow them alive
13We shall find all kinds of costly things;
14Throw in your lot among us;
15my child, do not walk in their way,
16for their feet run to evil,
17For in vain is the net baited
18yet they lie in waitto kill themselves!
19Such is the end
21At the busiest corner she cries out;
22How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing
23Give heed to my reproof;
I will pour out my thoughts to you;
24Because I have called and you refused,
25and because you have ignored all my counsel
26I also will laugh at your calamity;
27when panic strikes you like a storm,
28Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;
29Because they hated knowledge
30would have none of my counsel,
31therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way
32For waywardness kills the simple,
33but those who listen to me will be secure
2making your ear attentive to wisdom
3if you indeed cry out for insight,
4if you seek it like silver,
5then you will understand the fear of the Lord
6For the Lord gives wisdom;
7he stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
8guarding the paths of justice
9Then you will understand righteousness and justice
10for wisdom will come into your heart,
11prudence will watch over you;
12It will save you from the way of evil,
13who forsake the paths of uprightness
14who rejoice in doing evil
15those whose paths are crooked,
17who forsakes the partner of her youth
18for her way
19those who go to her never come back,
21For the upright will abide in the land,
22but the wicked will be cut off from the land,
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