Book of Proverbs, Chapter 1
Proverbs 1 NASB - New American Standard BibleChapter 1 of Proverbs—New American Standard Bible (NASB)
- ¶ The 1proverbs of Solomon 2the son of David, king of Israel:
- ¶ To know 3wisdom and instruction,
To discern the sayings of 4understanding, - To 5receive instruction in wise behavior,
6Righteousness, justice and equity; - To give 7prudence to the [a]naive,
To the youth 8knowledge and discretion, - A wise man will hear and 9increase in learning,
And a 10man of understanding will acquire wise counsel, - To understand a proverb and a figure,
The words of the wise and their 11riddles. - ¶ 12The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge;
Fools despise wisdom and instruction. - ¶ 13Hear, my son, your father’s instruction
And 14do not forsake your mother’s teaching; - Indeed, they are a 15graceful wreath to your head
And [b]16ornaments about your neck. - My son, if sinners 17entice you,
18Do not consent. - If they say, “Come with us,
Let us 19lie in wait for blood,
Let us 20ambush the innocent without cause; - Let us 21swallow them alive like Sheol,
Even whole, as those who 22go down to the pit; - We will find all kinds of precious wealth,
We will fill our houses with spoil; - Throw in your lot [c]with us,
We shall all have one purse,” - My son, 23do not walk in the way with them.
24Keep your feet from their path, - For 25their feet run to evil
And they hasten to shed blood. - Indeed, it is [d]useless to spread the baited net
In the sight of any [e]bird; - But they 26lie in wait for their own blood;
They ambush their own lives. - So are the ways of everyone who 27gains by violence;
It takes away the life of its possessors. - ¶ 28Wisdom shouts in the street,
She [f]lifts her voice in the square; - At the head of the noisy streets she cries out;
At the entrance of the gates in the city she utters her sayings: - “How long, O [g]29naive ones, will you love [h]being simple-minded?
And 30scoffers delight themselves in scoffing
And fools 31hate knowledge? - “Turn to my reproof,
Behold, I will 32pour out my spirit on you;
I will make my words known to you. - “Because 33I called and you 34refused,
I 35stretched out my hand and no one paid attention; - And you 36neglected all my counsel
And did not 37want my reproof; - I will also 38laugh at your 39calamity;
I will mock when your 40dread comes, - When your dread comes like a storm
And your calamity comes like a 41whirlwind,
When distress and anguish come upon you. - “Then they will 42call on me, but I will not answer;
They will 43seek me diligently but they will not find me, - Because they 44hated knowledge
And did not choose the fear of the LORD. - “They 45would not accept my counsel,
They spurned all my reproof. - “So they shall 46eat of the fruit of their own way
And be 47satiated with their own devices. - “For the 48waywardness of the [i]naive will kill them,
And the complacency of fools will destroy them. - “But 49he who listens to me shall [j]live securely
And will be at ease from the dread of evil.”
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Lit simple ones
- ^ Lit necklaces
- ^ Lit in the midst of us
- ^ Lit in vain
- ^ Lit possessor of wing
- ^ Lit gives
- ^ Lit simple ones
- ^ Or naivete
- ^ Lit simple ones
- ^ Lit dwell
REFERENCES
- ^ 1Ki 4:32; Pr 10:1; 25:1; Ec 12:9
- ^ Ec 1:1
- ^ Pr 15:33
- ^ Pr 4:1
- ^ Pr 2:1; 19:20
- ^ Pr 2:9
- ^ Pr 8:5, 12
- ^ Pr 2:10, 11; 3:21
- ^ Pr 9:9
- ^ Pr 14:6; Ec 9:11
- ^ Nu 12:8; Ps 49:4; 78:2; Da 8:23
- ^ Jb 28:28; Ps 111:10; Pr 9:10; 15:33; Ec 12:13
- ^ Pr 4:1
- ^ Pr 6:20
- ^ Pr 4:9
- ^ Ge 41:42; Da 5:29
- ^ Pr 16:29
- ^ Ge 39:7-10; De 13:8; Ps 50:18; Eph 5:11
- ^ Pr 12:6; Je 5:26
- ^ Ps 10:8; Pr 1:18
- ^ Ps 124:3
- ^ Ps 28:1
- ^ Ps 1:1; Pr 4:14
- ^ Ps 119:101
- ^ Pr 6:17, 18; Is 59:7
- ^ Pr 11:19
- ^ Pr 15:27
- ^ Pr 8:1-3; 9:3
- ^ Pr 1:4, 32; 8:5; 9:4; 22:3
- ^ Ps 1:1
- ^ Pr 1:29; 5:12
- ^ Is 32:15; Jl 2:28; Jn 7:39
- ^ Is 65:12; 66:4; Je 7:13
- ^ Zc 7:11
- ^ Is 65:2; Ro 10:21
- ^ Ps 107:11; Lu 7:30
- ^ Pr 15:10
- ^ Ps 2:4
- ^ Pr 6:15
- ^ Pr 10:24
- ^ Pr 10:25
- ^ 1Sa 8:18; Jb 27:9; 35:12; Ps 18:41; Is 1:15; Je 11:11; 14:12; Eze 8:18; Mc 3:4; Zc 7:13; Jm 4:3
- ^ Pr 8:17
- ^ Jb 21:14; Pr 1:22
- ^ Ps 81:11; Pr 1:25
- ^ Jb 4:8; Pr 5:22, 23; 22:8; Is 3:11; Je 6:19
- ^ Pr 14:14
- ^ Je 2:19
- ^ Ps 25:12, 13; Pr 3:24-26
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