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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Proverbs 1 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/proverbs/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/proverbs/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Proverbs 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/150.htm" title="Psalm 150">◄</a> Proverbs 1 <a href="../proverbs/2.htm" title="Proverbs 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">The Value of Proverbs</h3><p class="par"><span class="v20_1_1"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.1.1" class="v20_1_1">1</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.1.1!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The proverbs of Solomon, son of David and king of Israel.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_1_2"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.1.2" class="v20_1_2">2</span>Here are proverbs that will help you recognize wisdom and good advice, and understand sayings with deep meaning. </span><span class="v20_1_3"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.1.3" class="v20_1_3">3</span>They can teach you how to live intelligently and how to be honest, just, and fair. </span><span class="v20_1_4"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.1.4" class="v20_1_4">4</span>They can make an inexperienced person clever and teach young people how to be resourceful. </span><span class="v20_1_5"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.1.5" class="v20_1_5">5</span>These proverbs can even add to the knowledge of the wise and give guidance to the educated, </span><span class="v20_1_6"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.1.6" class="v20_1_6">6</span>so that they can understand the hidden meanings of proverbs and the problems that the wise raise.</span></p><h3 class="s">Advice to the Young</h3><p class="par"><span class="v20_1_7"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.1.7" class="v20_1_7">7</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.1.7!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> To have knowledge, you must first have reverence for the <span class="nd">Lord</span>.<a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.1.7!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> Stupid people have no respect for wisdom and refuse to learn.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_1_8"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.1.8" class="v20_1_8">8</span>My child, pay attention to what your father and mother tell you. </span><span class="v20_1_9"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.1.9" class="v20_1_9">9</span>Their teaching will improve your character as a handsome turban or a necklace improves your appearance.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_1_10"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.1.10" class="v20_1_10">10</span>My child, when sinners tempt you, don't give in. </span><span class="v20_1_11"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.1.11" class="v20_1_11">11</span>Suppose they say, “Come on; let's find someone to kill! Let's attack some innocent people for the fun of it! </span><span class="v20_1_12"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.1.12" class="v20_1_12">12</span>They may be alive and well when we find them, but they'll be dead when we're through with them! </span><span class="v20_1_13"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.1.13" class="v20_1_13">13</span>We'll find all kinds of riches and fill our houses with loot! </span><span class="v20_1_14"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.1.14" class="v20_1_14">14</span>Come and join us, and we'll all share what we steal.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_1_15"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.1.15" class="v20_1_15">15</span>My child, don't go with people like that. Stay away from them. </span><span class="v20_1_16"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.1.16" class="v20_1_16">16</span>They can't wait to do something bad. They're always ready to kill. </span><span class="v20_1_17"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.1.17" class="v20_1_17">17</span>It does no good to spread a net when the bird you want to catch is watching, </span><span class="v20_1_18"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.1.18" class="v20_1_18">18</span>but people like that are setting a trap for themselves, a trap in which they will die. </span><span class="v20_1_19"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.1.19" class="v20_1_19">19</span>Robbery always claims the life of the robber—this is what happens to<a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.1.19!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> anyone who lives by violence.</span></p><h3 class="s">Wisdom Calls</h3><p class="par"><span class="v20_1_20"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.1.20" class="v20_1_20">20</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.1.20!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Listen! Wisdom is calling out in the streets and marketplaces, </span><span class="v20_1_21"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.1.21" class="v20_1_21">21</span>calling loudly at the city gates and wherever people come together:</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_1_22"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.1.22" class="v20_1_22">22</span>“Foolish people! How long do you want to be foolish? How long will you enjoy making fun of knowledge? Will you never learn? </span><span class="v20_1_23"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.1.23" class="v20_1_23">23</span>Listen when I reprimand you; I will give you good advice and share my knowledge with you. </span><span class="v20_1_24"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.1.24" class="v20_1_24">24</span>I have been calling you, inviting you to come, but you would not listen. You paid no attention to me. </span><span class="v20_1_25"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.1.25" class="v20_1_25">25</span>You have ignored all my advice and have not been willing to let me correct you. </span><span class="v20_1_26"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.1.26" class="v20_1_26">26</span>So when you get into trouble, I will laugh at you. I will make fun of you when terror strikes— </span><span class="v20_1_27"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.1.27" class="v20_1_27">27</span>when it comes on you like a storm, bringing fierce winds of trouble, and you are in pain and misery. </span><span class="v20_1_28"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.1.28" class="v20_1_28">28</span>Then you will call for wisdom, but I will not answer. You may look for me everywhere, but you will not find me. </span><span class="v20_1_29"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.1.29" class="v20_1_29">29</span>You have never had any use for knowledge and have always refused to obey the <span class="nd">Lord</span>. </span><span class="v20_1_30"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.1.30" class="v20_1_30">30</span>You have never wanted my advice or paid any attention when I corrected you. </span><span class="v20_1_31"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.1.31" class="v20_1_31">31</span>So then, you will get what you deserve, and your own actions will make you sick. </span><span class="v20_1_32"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.1.32" class="v20_1_32">32</span>Inexperienced people die because they reject wisdom. Stupid people are destroyed by their own lack of concern. </span><span class="v20_1_33"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.1.33" class="v20_1_33">33</span>But whoever listens to me will have security. He will be safe, with no reason to be afraid.”</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.7: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">To … <char style="nd">Lord</char>; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">The most important part of knowledge is having reverence for the <char style="nd">Lord</char>.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.19: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One ancient translation </char><char style="fq" closed="false">what happens to; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">the path of.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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