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The book opens by defining wisdom, knowledge, prudence, and the fear of the LORD; a father warns against violent sinners, then Wisdom cries publicly to those refusing correction.
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Proverbs 1
The book opens by defining wisdom, knowledge, prudence, and the fear of the LORD; a father warns against violent sinners, then Wisdom cries publicly to those refusing correction.
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Verses 1–6The purpose of Proverbs is to give wisdom, instruction, understanding, and discretionVerses 7–9The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; receive godly instructionVerses 10–19Do not consent when sinners entice you to violence and dishonest gainVerses 20–33Wisdom cries openly and warns that rejecting correction brings calamity
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1The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of…2To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of…3To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and…4To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man…5A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and…6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of…7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge:…8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake…9For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy…10My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait…12Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and…13We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our…14Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have…15My son, walk not thou in the way with them;…16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to…17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight…18And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk…19So are the ways of every one that is greedy…20Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:21She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the…22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and…23Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out…24Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched…25But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and…26I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock…27When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh…28Then shall they call upon me, but I will not…29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the…30They would none of my counsel: they despised all my…31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own…32For the turning away of the simple shall slay them,…33But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall…