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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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/proverbs/1.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The Purpose of Proverbs</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>These are the proverbs of Solomon, David’s son, king of Israel.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Their purpose is to teach people wisdom and discipline,</p><p class="line2">to help them understand the insights of the wise.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Their purpose is to teach people to live disciplined and successful lives,</p><p class="line2">to help them do what is right, just, and fair.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>These proverbs will give insight to the simple,</p><p class="line2">knowledge and discernment to the young.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Let the wise listen to these proverbs and become even wiser.</p><p class="line2">Let those with understanding receive guidance</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>by exploring the meaning in these proverbs and parables,</p><p class="line2">the words of the wise and their riddles.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Fear of the LORD is the foundation of true knowledge,</p><p class="line2">but fools despise wisdom and discipline.</p><p class="hdg">A Father’s Exhortation: Acquire Wisdom</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>My child,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> listen when your father corrects you.</p><p class="line2">Don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>What you learn from them will crown you with grace</p><p class="line2">and be a chain of honor around your neck.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>My child, if sinners entice you,</p><p class="line2">turn your back on them!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>They may say, “Come and join us.</p><p class="line2">Let’s hide and kill someone!</p><p class="line2">Just for fun, let’s ambush the innocent!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Let’s swallow them alive, like the grave<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a>;</p><p class="line2">let’s swallow them whole, like those who go down to the pit of death.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Think of the great things we’ll get!</p><p class="line2">We’ll fill our houses with all the stuff we take.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Come, throw in your lot with us;</p><p class="line2">we’ll all share the loot.”</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>My child, don’t go along with them!</p><p class="line2">Stay far away from their paths.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>They rush to commit evil deeds.</p><p class="line2">They hurry to commit murder.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>If a bird sees a trap being set,</p><p class="line2">it knows to stay away.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But these people set an ambush for themselves;</p><p class="line2">they are trying to get themselves killed.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Such is the fate of all who are greedy for money;</p><p class="line2">it robs them of life.</p><p class="hdg">Wisdom Shouts in the Streets</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Wisdom shouts in the streets.</p><p class="line2">She cries out in the public square.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>She calls to the crowds along the main street,</p><p class="line2">to those gathered in front of the city gate:</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“How long, you simpletons,</p><p class="line2">will you insist on being simpleminded?</p><p class="line1">How long will you mockers relish your mocking?</p><p class="line2">How long will you fools hate knowledge?</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Come and listen to my counsel.</p><p class="line1">I’ll share my heart with you</p><p class="line2">and make you wise.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“I called you so often, but you wouldn’t come.</p><p class="line2">I reached out to you, but you paid no attention.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>You ignored my advice</p><p class="line2">and rejected the correction I offered.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>So I will laugh when you are in trouble!</p><p class="line2">I will mock you when disaster overtakes you—</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>when calamity overtakes you like a storm,</p><p class="line2">when disaster engulfs you like a cyclone,</p><p class="line2">and anguish and distress overwhelm you.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>“When they cry for help, I will not answer.</p><p class="line2">Though they anxiously search for me, they will not find me.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>For they hated knowledge</p><p class="line2">and chose not to fear the LORD.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>They rejected my advice</p><p class="line2">and paid no attention when I corrected them.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Therefore, they must eat the bitter fruit of living their own way,</p><p class="line2">choking on their own schemes.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>For simpletons turn away from me—to death.</p><p class="line2">Fools are destroyed by their own complacency.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>But all who listen to me will live in peace,</p><p class="line2">untroubled by fear of harm.”</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:8 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">My son;</span><span class="ft"> also in 1:10, 15.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:12 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">like Sheol.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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