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\v 1 The proverbs of Solomon son of David, the king of Israel.
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\q
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\v 2 These proverbs are to teach wisdom and instruction,
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\q to teach words of insight,
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\v 3 that you may receive instruction in order to live
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\q by doing what is right, just, and fair.
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\v 4 These proverbs are also to give wisdom to the naive,
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\q and to give knowledge and discretion to young people.
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\v 5 Let wise people listen and increase their learning,
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\q and let discerning people get guidance,
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\v 6 to understand proverbs, sayings,
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\q and words of wise people and their riddles.
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\v 7 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge—
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\q fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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\v 8 My son, hear the instruction of your father
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\q and do not lay aside the rules of your mother;
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\v 9 they will be a graceful wreath for your head
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\q and pendants hanging from your neck.
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\v 10 My son, if sinners try to entice you into their sin,
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\q refuse to follow them.
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\v 11 If they say, "Come with us,
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\q let us lie in wait for blood,
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\q let us hide and attack innocent people for no reason.
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\v 12 Let us swallow them up alive, like Sheol takes away those who are healthy,
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\q and make them like those who fall into the pit.
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\v 13 We shall find all kinds of valuable things;
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\q we will fill our houses with what we steal from others.
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\v 14 Throw in your lot with us;
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\q we will all have one purse together."
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\v 15 My son, do not walk down that road with them;
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\q do not let your foot touch where they walk;
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\v 16 their feet run to evil
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\q and they hurry to shed blood.
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\v 17 For it is useless to spread the net to trap a bird
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\q while the bird is watching.
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\v 18 These men lie in wait to kill themselves—
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\q they set a trap for themselves.
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\v 19 So are the ways of everyone who gains riches by injustice;
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\q unjust gain takes away the lives of those who hold on to it.
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\v 20 Wisdom cries aloud in the street,
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\q she raises her voice in the open places;
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\v 21 at the head of the noisy streets she cries out,
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\q at the entrance of the city gates she speaks,
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\v 22 "How long, you naive people, will you love being naive?
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\q How long, you mockers, will you delight in mockery,
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\q and how long, you fools, will you hate knowledge?
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\v 23 Pay attention to my correction;
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\q I will pour out my thoughts to you;
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\q I will make my words known to you.
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\v 24 I have called, and you have refused to listen;
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\q I reached out with my hand, but there was no one who paid attention.
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\v 25 But you have ignored all my instruction
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\q and paid no attention to my correction.
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\v 26 I will laugh at your calamity,
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\q I will mock you when the terror comes—
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\v 27 when your fearful dread comes like a storm
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\q and disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind,
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\q when distress and anguish come upon you.
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\v 28 Then they will call upon me, and I will not answer;
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\q they will desperately call for me, but they will not find me.
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\v 29 Because they hate knowledge
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\q and did not choose the fear of Yahweh,
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\v 30 they would not follow my instruction,
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\q and they despised all my correction.
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\v 31 They will eat the fruit of their ways,
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\q and with the fruit of their schemes they will be filled.
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\v 32 For the naive are killed when they turn away,
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\q and the indifference of fools will destroy them.
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\v 33 But whoever listens to me will live in safety
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\q and will rest secure with no fear of disaster."
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