Proverbs

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

to know wisdom and instruction; to recognize the words of understanding;

to receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and uprightness;

to give sense to the simple, knowledge and judgment to the young man;

the wise hears and increases learning; and understanding ones gets wisdom;

to understand a proverb and its meaning; the words of the wise, and their acute sayings.

The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge; but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

My son, hear the instruction of your father, and forsake not the law of your mother;

for they [shall be] an ornament of grace to your head and chains around your neck.

My son, if sinners lure you, do not be willing.

If they say, Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, we will watch secretly for the innocent without cause;

let us swallow them up alive as the grave, and whole, as those who go down into the pit;

we shall find all precious goods; we shall fill our houses [with] plunder;

cast in your lot among us, and let us have one purse.

My son, do not walk in the way with them! Keep back your foot from their path,

for their feet run to evil and make haste to shed blood.

Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird,

And they lie in wait for their [own] blood; they watch secretly for their own lives.