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<a href="../esther/1.htm">Esther 1:1-9</a>; <a href="../proverbs/9.htm">Proverbs 9:1-12</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>To know wisdom and instruction; To discern the words of understanding;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>To receive instruction in wise dealing, In righteousness and justice and equity;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>To give prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; But the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.</p> <p class="hdg">The Enticement of Sin</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>My son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>We shall find all precious substance; We shall fill our houses with spoil;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Thou shalt cast thy lot among us; We will all have one purse:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.</p> <p class="hdg">Wisdom Calls Aloud</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>She crieth in the chief place of concourse; At the entrance of the gates, In the city, she uttereth her words:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Turn you at my reproof: Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you; I will make known my words unto you.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Because I have called, and ye have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/1-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>I also will laugh in the day of your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/1-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/1-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/1-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/1-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>They would none of my counsel; They despised all my reproof.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/1-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/1-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/1-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, And shall be quiet without fear of evil.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">American Standard Version, 1901<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/150.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 150"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 150" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../proverbs/2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Proverbs 2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Proverbs 2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/proverbs/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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