{"book":"Proverbs","slug":"proverbs","ch":1,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Proverbs","prev":"psalms/150","next":"proverbs/2","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"[These are] the proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"[These are] the proverbs of Solomon son of David,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"king of Israel,"}],"h":"The Beginning of Knowledge","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":2,"t":"for gaining wisdom and discipline, for comprehending words of insight,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"for gaining wisdom and discipline,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for comprehending words of insight,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"[and] for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"[and] for receiving instruction in wise living"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and in righteousness, justice, and equity."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"To impart prudence to the simple [and] knowledge and discretion to the young,","f":["The Hebrew word rendered simple in Proverbs refers to one who is naive, without moral direction, or inclined to evil."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"To impart prudence to the simple"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[and] knowledge and discretion to the young,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"{let} the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"{let} the wise listen and gain instruction,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the discerning acquire wise counsel"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"by understanding the proverbs and parables,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the sayings and riddles of the wise."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge, [but] fools despise wisdom and discipline.","f":["The Hebrew words rendered as fool in Proverbs denote one who is morally deficient."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[but] fools despise wisdom and discipline."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":8,"t":"Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and do not forsake the teaching of your mother."}],"h":"The Enticement of Sin","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":9,"t":"For they [are] a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For they [are] a garland of grace on your head"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and a pendant around your neck."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield [to them].","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"My son, if sinners entice you,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"do not yield [to them]."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":11,"t":"If they say,“ Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"If they say,“ Come along, let us lie in wait for blood,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"let us ambush the innocent without cause,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"let us swallow them alive like Sheol,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and whole like those descending into the Pit."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"We {will} find all manner of precious goods; we {will} fill our houses with plunder.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"We {will} find all manner of precious goods;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"we {will} fill our houses with plunder."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"Throw in your lot with us; let us all share one purse ” —","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Throw in your lot with us;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"let us all share one purse ” —"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"my son, do not walk the road with them"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or set foot upon their path."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For their feet run to evil,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and they are swift to shed blood."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"How futile [it is] to spread the net where any bird can see it!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"How futile [it is] to spread the net"},{"style":"indent2","t":"where any bird can see it!"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":18,"t":"But they lie in wait for their [own] blood; they ambush their [own] lives.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"But they lie in wait for their [own] blood;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they ambush their [own] lives."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":19,"t":"Such [is] the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Such [is] the fate of all who are greedy,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Wisdom calls out in the street,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"she lifts her voice in the square;"}],"h":"Wisdom Calls Aloud","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":21,"t":"in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:","f":["Or from the top of the wall"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"in the main concourse she cries aloud,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"at the city gates she makes her speech:"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":22,"t":"“ How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple [ways]? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple [ways]?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"How long will scoffers delight in their scorn"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and fools hate knowledge?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":23,"t":"If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"If you had repented at my rebuke,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I would have made my words known to you."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":24,"t":"Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Because you refused my call,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and no one took my outstretched hand,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":25,"t":"because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"because you neglected all my counsel,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and wanted none of my correction,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":26,"t":"in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"in turn I will mock your calamity;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I will sneer when terror strikes you,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":27,"t":"when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"when your dread comes like a storm,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and your destruction like a whirlwind,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"when distress and anguish overwhelm you."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":28,"t":"Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they {will} earnestly seek me, but {will} not find me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Then they will call on me, but I will not answer;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they {will} earnestly seek me, but {will} not find me."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":29,"t":"For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For they hated knowledge"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and chose not to fear the LORD."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":30,"t":"They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They accepted none of my counsel;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they despised all my reproof."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":31,"t":"So they {will} eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"So they {will} eat the fruit of their own way,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and be filled with their own devices."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":32,"t":"For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For the waywardness of the simple will slay them,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the complacency of fools will destroy them."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":33,"t":"But whoever listens to me {will} dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"But whoever listens to me {will} dwell in safety,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"secure from the fear of evil.”"}],"style":"indent1"}]}