1:1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; 
1:1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; 

1:2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; 
1:2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; 

1:3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; 
1:3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; 

1:4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. 
1:4 To give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. 

1:5 A wise {man} will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain to wise counsels: 
1:5 A wise {man} will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain to wise counsels: 

1:6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. 
1:6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. 

1:7 The fear of the LORD {is} the beginning of knowledge: {but} fools despise wisdom and instruction. 
1:7 The fear of the LORD {is} the beginning of knowledge: {but} fools despise wisdom and instruction. 

1:8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 
1:8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 

1:9 For they {shalt be} an ornament of grace to thy head, and chains about thy neck. 
1:9 For they {shall be} an ornament of grace to thy head, and chains about thy neck. 

1:10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. 
1:10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. 

1:11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: 
1:11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause: 

1:12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: 
1:12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: 

1:13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: 
1:13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: 

1:14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: 
1:14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: 

1:15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: 
1:15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; keep thy foot from their path: 

1:16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. 
1:16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. 

1:17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. 
1:17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. 

1:18 And they lay wait for their {own} blood; they lurk privily for their {own} lives. 
1:18 And they lay wait for their {own} blood; they lurk secretly for their {own} lives. 

1:19 So {are} the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; {who} taketh away the life of its owners. 
1:19 So {are} the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; {who} taketh away the life of its owners. 

1:20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: 
1:20 Wisdom crieth outside; she uttereth her voice in the streets: 

1:21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, {saying}, 
1:21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, {saying}, 

1:22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? 
1:22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? 

1:23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit to you, I will make known to you my words. 
1:23 Turn ye at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit to you, I will make known to you my words. 

1:24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; 
1:24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; 

1:25 But ye have set at naught all my counsel, and rejected my reproof: 
1:25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and rejected my reproof: 

1:26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; 
1:26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; 

1:27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. 
1:27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. 

1:28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: 
1:28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: 

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

1:30 They rejected my counsel: they despised all my reproof. 
1:30 They rejected my counsel: they despised all my reproof. 

1:31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. 
1:31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. 

1:32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. 
1:32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. 

1:33 But whoever hearkeneth to me shall dwell in safety, and shall be quiet from fear of evil. 
1:33 But whoever hearkeneth to me shall dwell in safety, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.