Proverbs 1
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1THE PROVERBS of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
1The parables of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.
2To know wisdom and instruction; to comprehend the words of understanding;
2To know wisdom, and instruction:
3To receive the discipline of wisdom, justice, and right, and equity;
3To understand the words of prudence: and to receive the instruction of doctrine, justice, and judgment, and equity:
4To give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion;
4To give subtilty to little ones, to the young man knowledge and understanding.
5That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, and the man of understanding may attain unto wise counsels;
5A wise man shall hear and shall be wiser: and he that understandeth, shall possess governments.
6To understand a proverb, and a figure; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
6He shall understand a parable, and the interpretation, the words of the wise, and their mysterious sayings.
7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and discipline.
7The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
9For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
9That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck.
10My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
10My son, if sinners shall entice thee, consent not to them.
11If they say: 'Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk for the innocent without cause;
11If they shall say: Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us hide snares for the innocent without cause:
12Let us swallow them up alive as the grave, and whole, as those that go down into the pit;
12Let us swallow him up alive like hell, and whole as one that goeth down into the pit.
13We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil;
13We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoils.
14Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse' —
14Cast in thy lot with us, let us all have one purse.
15My son, walk not thou in the way with them, restrain thy foot from their path;
15My son, walk not thou with them, restrain thy foot from their paths.
16For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
17For in vain the net is spread in the eyes of any bird;
17But a net is spread in vain before the eyes of them that have wings.
18And these lie in wait for their own blood, they lurk for their own lives.
18And they themselves lie in wait for their own blood, and practise deceits against their own souls.
19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; it taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
19So the wage of every covetous man destroy the souls of the possessors.
20Wisdom crieth aloud in the streets, she uttereth her voice in the broad places;
20Wisdom preacheth abroad, she uttereth her voice in the streets:
21She calleth at the head of the noisy streets, at the entrances of the gates, in the city, she uttereth her words:
21At the head of multitudes she crieth out, in the entrance of the gates of the city she uttereth her words, saying:
22'How long, ye thoughtless, will ye love thoughtlessness? And how long will scorners delight them in scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
22O children, how long will you love childishness, and fools covet those things which are hurtful to themselves, and the unwise hate knowledge?
23Turn you at my reproof; behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
23Turn ye at my reproof: behold I will utter my spirit to you, and will shew you my words.
24Because I have called, and ye refused, I have stretched out my hand, and no man attended,
24Because I called, and you refused: I stretched out my hand, and there was none that regarded.
25But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof;
25You have despised all my counsel, and have neglected my reprehensions.
26I also, in your calamity, will laugh, I will mock when your dread cometh;
26I also will laugh in your destruction, and will mock when that shall come to you which you feared.
27When your dread cometh as a storm, and your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; when trouble and distress come upon you.
27When sudden calamity shall fall on you, and destruction, as a tempest, shall be at hand: when tribulation and distress shall come upon you:
28Then will they call me, but I will not answer, they will seek me earnestly, but they shall not find me.
28Then shall they call upon me, and I will not hear: they shall rise in the morning and shall not find me:
29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD;
29Because they have hated instruction and received not the fear of the Lord,
30They would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof.
30Nor consented to my counsel, but despised all my reproof.
31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
31Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and shall be filled with their own devices.
32For the waywardness of the thoughtless shall slay them, and the confidence of fools shall destroy them.
32The turning away of little ones shall kill them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
33But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, and shall be quiet without fear of evil.'
33But he that shall hear me, shall rest without terror, and shall enjoy abundance, without fear of evils.
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