Proverbs 1 NKJV

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width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New King James Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nkjv/kjv/proverbs/1.shtml" style=color:#001320 title=Parallel Chapters> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"> <h3>The Beginning of Knowledge</span></h3><p class="chapter-1"><span class="text Prov-1-1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:</span></p> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>To know wisdom and instruction,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-1-2">To <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span>perceive the words of understanding,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>To receive the instruction of wisdom,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-1-3">Justice, judgment, and equity;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>To give prudence to the simple,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-1-4">To the young man knowledge and discretion—</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>A wise <i>man</i> will hear and increase learning,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-1-5">And a man of understanding will <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>attain wise counsel,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>To understand a proverb and an enigma,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-1-6">The words of the wise and their riddles.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The fear of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> <i>is</i> the beginning of knowledge,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-1-7"><i>But</i> fools despise wisdom and instruction.</span></p></div> <h3> Shun Evil Counsel</span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text Prov-1-8"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>My son, hear the instruction of your father,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-1-8">And do not forsake the law of your mother;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For they <i>will be</i> a graceful ornament on your head,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-1-9">And chains about your neck.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>My son, if sinners entice you,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-1-10">Do not consent.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>If they say, “Come with us,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-1-11">Let us lie in wait to <i>shed</i> blood;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-1-11">Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Let us swallow them alive like <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>Sheol,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-1-12">And whole, like those who go down to the Pit;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>We shall find all <i>kinds</i> of precious <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>possessions,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-1-13">We shall fill our houses with <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span>spoil;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Cast in your lot among us,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-1-14">Let us all have one purse”—</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>My son, do not walk in the way with them,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-1-15">Keep your foot from their path;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For their feet run to evil,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-1-16">And they make haste to shed blood.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Surely, in <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span>vain the net is spread</span><br /><span class="text Prov-1-17">In the sight of any <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span>bird;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But they lie in wait for their <i>own</i> blood,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-1-18">They lurk secretly for their <i>own</i> lives.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>So <i>are</i> the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-1-19">It takes away the life of its owners.</span></p></div> <h3> The Call of Wisdom</span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text Prov-1-20"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Wisdom calls aloud <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[h]</a></span>outside;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-1-20">She raises her voice in the open squares.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>She cries out in the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[i]</a></span>chief concourses,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-1-21">At the openings of the gates in the city</span><br /><span class="text Prov-1-21">She speaks her words:</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“How long, you <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[j]</a></span>simple ones, will you love <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[k]</a></span>simplicity?</span><br /><span class="text Prov-1-22">For scorners delight in their scorning,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-1-22">And fools hate knowledge.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Turn at my rebuke;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-1-23">Surely I will pour out my spirit on you;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-1-23">I will make my words known to you.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Because I have called and you refused,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-1-24">I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Because you disdained all my counsel,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-1-25">And would have none of my rebuke,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>I also will laugh at your calamity;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-1-26">I will mock when your terror comes,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>When your terror comes like a storm,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-1-27">And your destruction comes like a whirlwind,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-1-27">When distress and anguish come upon you.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>“Then they will call on me, but I will not answer;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-1-28">They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Because they hated knowledge</span><br /><span class="text Prov-1-29">And did not choose the fear of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>They would have none of my counsel</span><br /><span class="text Prov-1-30"><i>And</i> despised my every rebuke.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-1-31">And be filled to the full with their own fancies.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>For the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[l]</a></span>turning away of the simple will slay them,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-1-32">And the complacency of fools will destroy them;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>But whoever listens to me will dwell safely,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-1-33">And will be <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[m]</a></span>secure, without fear of evil.”</span></p></div> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-16403a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 1:2">Proverbs 1:2</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>understand</i> or <i>discern</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16406b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 1:5">Proverbs 1:5</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>acquire</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16413c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 1:12">Proverbs 1:12</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>the grave</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16414d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 1:13">Proverbs 1:13</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>wealth</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16414e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 1:13">Proverbs 1:13</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>plunder</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16418f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 1:17">Proverbs 1:17</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>futility</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16418g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 1:17">Proverbs 1:17</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>lord of the wing</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16421h"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 1:20">Proverbs 1:20</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>in the street</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16422i"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 1:21">Proverbs 1:21</span> <span class='footnote-text'>LXX, Syr., Tg. <i>top of the walls;</i> Vg. <i>the head of multitudes</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16423j"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 1:22">Proverbs 1:22</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>naive</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16423k"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 1:22">Proverbs 1:22</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>naivete</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16433l"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 1:32">Proverbs 1:32</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>waywardness</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16434m"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 1:33">Proverbs 1:33</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>at ease</i></span></li></ol></div> </span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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