1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: ASV — Proverbs 1:1
2 To know wisdom and instruction; To discern the words of understanding; ASV — Proverbs 1:2
3 To receive instruction in wise dealing, In righteousness and justice and equity; ASV — Proverbs 1:3
4 To give prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion: ASV — Proverbs 1:4
5 That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels: ASV — Proverbs 1:5
6 To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings. ASV — Proverbs 1:6
7 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; [But] the foolish despise wisdom and instruction. ASV — Proverbs 1:7
8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother: ASV — Proverbs 1:8
9 For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck. ASV — Proverbs 1:9
10 My son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not. ASV — Proverbs 1:10
11 If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause; ASV — Proverbs 1:11
12 Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit; ASV — Proverbs 1:12
13 We shall find all precious substance; We shall fill our houses with spoil; ASV — Proverbs 1:13
14 Thou shalt cast thy lot among us; We will all have one purse: ASV — Proverbs 1:14
15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path: ASV — Proverbs 1:15
16 For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood. ASV — Proverbs 1:16
17 For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird: ASV — Proverbs 1:17
18 And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives. ASV — Proverbs 1:18
19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof. ASV — Proverbs 1:19
20 Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places; ASV — Proverbs 1:20
21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse; At the entrance of the gates, In the city, she uttereth her words: ASV — Proverbs 1:21
22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge? ASV — Proverbs 1:22
23 Turn you at my reproof: Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you; I will make known my words unto you. ASV — Proverbs 1:23
24 Because I have called, and ye have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded; ASV — Proverbs 1:24
25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof: ASV — Proverbs 1:25
26 I also will laugh in [the day of] your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; ASV — Proverbs 1:26
27 When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you. ASV — Proverbs 1:27
28 Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me: ASV — Proverbs 1:28
29 For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah: ASV — Proverbs 1:29
30 They would none of my counsel; They despised all my reproof. ASV — Proverbs 1:30
31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices. ASV — Proverbs 1:31
32 For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them. ASV — Proverbs 1:32
33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, And shall be quiet without fear of evil. ASV — Proverbs 1:33