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1. The Proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:
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1. The proverbs H4912 of Solomon H8010 the son H1121 of David H1732 , king H4428 of Israel H3478 ;
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2. To learn wisdom and moral instruction, and to discern wise counsel.
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2. To know H3045 wisdom H2451 and instruction H4148 ; to perceive H995 the words H561 of understanding H998 ;
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3. To receive moral instruction in skillful living, in righteousness, justice, and equity.
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3. To receive H3947 the instruction H4148 of wisdom H7919 , justice H6664 , and judgment H4941 , and equity H4339 ;
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4. To impart shrewdness to the morally naive, and a discerning plan to the young person.
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4. To give H5414 subtlety H6195 to the simple H6612 , to the young man H5288 knowledge H1847 and discretion H4209 .
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5. (Let the wise also hear and gain instruction, and let the discerning acquire guidance!)
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5. A wise H2450 man will hear H8085 , and will increase H3254 learning H3948 ; and a man of understanding H995 shall attain H7069 unto wise counsels H8458 :
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6. To discern the meaning of a proverb and a parable, the sayings of the wise and their riddles.
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6. 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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7. Fearing the LORD is the beginning of moral knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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7. 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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8. Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother.
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8. My son H1121 , hear H8085 the instruction H4148 of thy father H1 , and forsake H5203 not H408 the law H8451 of thy mother H517 :
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9. For they will be like an elegant garland on your head, and like pendants around your neck.
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9. For H3588 they H1992 shall be an ornament H3880 of grace H2580 unto thy head H7218 , and chains H6060 about thy neck H1621 .
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10. My child, if sinners try to entice you, do not consent!
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10. My son H1121 , if H518 sinners H2400 entice H6601 thee, consent H14 thou not H408 .
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11. If they say, "Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously.
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11. If H518 they say H559 , Come H1980 with H854 us , let us lay wait H693 for blood H1818 , let us lurk privily H6845 for the innocent H5355 without cause H2600 :
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12. We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit.
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12. 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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13. We will seize all kinds of precious wealth; we will fill our houses with plunder.
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13. We shall find H4672 all H3605 precious H3368 substance H1952 , we shall fill H4390 our houses H1004 with spoil H7998 :
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14. Join with us! We will all share equally in what we steal."
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14. Cast in H5307 thy lot H1486 among H8432 us ; let us all H3605 have H1961 one H259 purse H3599 :
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15. My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;
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15. My son H1121 , walk H1980 not H408 thou in the way H1870 with H854 them; refrain H4513 thy foot H7272 from their path H4480 H5410 :
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16. for they are eager to inflict harm, and they hasten to shed blood.
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16. For H3588 their feet H7272 run H7323 to evil H7451 , and make haste H4116 to shed H8210 blood H1818 .
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17. Surely it is futile to spread a net in plain sight of any bird,
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17. Surely H3588 in vain H2600 the net H7568 is spread H2219 in the sight H5869 of any H3605 bird H1167 H3671 .
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18. but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they ambush their own lives!
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18. And they H1992 lay wait H693 for their own blood H1818 ; they lurk privily H6845 for their own lives H5315 .
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19. Such are the ways of all who gain profit unjustly; it takes away the life of those who obtain it!
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19. So H3651 are the ways H734 of every one H3605 that is greedy H1214 of gain H1215 ; which taketh away H3947 H853 the life H5315 of the owners H1167 thereof.
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20. Wisdom calls out in the street, she shouts loudly in the plazas;
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20. Wisdom H2454 crieth H7442 without H2351 ; she uttereth H5414 her voice H6963 in the streets H7339 :
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21. at the head of the noisy streets she calls, in the entrances of the gates in the city she utters her words:
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21. She crieth H7121 in the chief H7218 place 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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22. "How long will you simpletons love naivet�? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
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22. How long H5704 H4970 , 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 ?
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23. If only you will respond to my rebuke, then I will pour out my thoughts to you and I will make my words known to you.
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23. Turn H7725 you at my reproof H8433 : behold H2009 , I will pour out H5042 my spirit H7307 unto you , I will make known H3045 my words H1697 unto you.
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24. However, because I called but you refused to listen, because I stretched out my hand but no one paid attention,
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24. Because H3282 I have called H7121 , and ye refused H3985 ; I have stretched out H5186 my hand H3027 , and no man H369 regarded H7181 ;
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25. because you neglected all my advice, and did not comply with my rebuke,
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25. But ye have set at naught H6544 all H3605 my counsel H6098 , and would H14 none H3808 of my reproof H8433 :
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26. so I myself will laugh when disaster strikes you, I will mock when what you dread comes,
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26. I H589 also H1571 will laugh H7832 at your calamity H343 ; I will mock H3932 when your fear H6343 cometh H935 ;
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27. when what you dread comes like a whirlwind, and disaster strikes you like a devastating storm, when distressing trouble comes on you.
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27. 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 H935 upon H5921 you.
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28. Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will diligently seek me, but they will not find me.
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28. Then H227 shall they call upon H7121 me , but I will not H3808 answer H6030 ; they shall seek me early H7836 , but they shall not H3808 find H4672 me:
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29. Because they hated moral knowledge, and did not choose to fear the LORD,
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29. For that H8478 H3588 they hated H8130 knowledge H1847 , and did not H3808 choose H977 the fear H3374 of the LORD H3068 :
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30. they did not comply with my advice, they spurned all my rebuke.
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30. They would H14 none H3808 of my counsel H6098 : they despised H5006 all H3605 my reproof H8433 .
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31. Therefore they will eat from the fruit of their way, and they will be stuffed full of their own counsel.
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31. Therefore shall they eat H398 of the fruit H4480 H6529 of their own way H1870 , and be filled H7646 with their own devices H4480 H4156 .
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32. For the waywardness of the simpletons will kill them, and the careless ease of fools will destroy them.
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32. For H3588 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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33. But the one who listens to me will live in security, and will be at ease from the dread of harm.
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33. But whoso hearkeneth H8085 unto me shall dwell H7931 safely H983 , and shall be quiet H7599 from fear H4480 H6343 of evil H7451 .
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