20_PRO_01_01 the proverbs of Solomon the son of David , king of Israel ;
20_PRO_01_02 to know wisdom And instruction ; to perceive the words of understanding ;
20_PRO_01_03 to receive the instruction of wisdom , justice , And judgment , And equity ;
20_PRO_01_04 to give subtlety to the simple , to the young man knowledge And discretion .
20_PRO_01_05 A wise [ man ] will hear , And will increase learning ; And A man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels :
20_PRO_01_06 to understand A proverb , And the interpretation ; the words of the wise , And their dark sayings .
20_PRO_01_07 the Fear of the LORD [ Is ] the beginning of knowledge : [ but ] fools despise wisdom And instruction .
20_PRO_01_08 my son , hear the instruction of thy Father , And forsake not the law of thy mother :
20_PRO_01_09 for they [ shall be ] an ornament of grace unto thy head , And chains about thy neck .
20_PRO_01_10 my son , if sinners entice thee , consent thou not .
20_PRO_01_11 if they say , come with us , let us lay wait for blood , let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause :
20_PRO_01_12 let us swallow them up alive as the grave ; And whole , as those that go down into the pit :
20_PRO_01_13 we shall find all precious substance , we shall fill our houses with spoil :
20_PRO_01_14 cast in thy lot among us ; let us all have one purse :
20_PRO_01_15 my son , walk not thou in the way with them ; refrain thy foot from their path :
20_PRO_01_16 for their feet run to evil , And make haste to shed blood .
20_PRO_01_17 surely in vain the net Is spread in the sight of any bird .
20_PRO_01_18 And they lay wait for their [ own ] blood ; they lurk privily for their [ own ] lives .
20_PRO_01_19 So [ are ] the ways of every one that Is greedy of gain ; [ which ] taketh away the life of the owners thereof .
20_PRO_01_20 wisdom crieth without ; she uttereth her voice in the streets :
20_PRO_01_21 she crieth in the chief place of concourse , in the openings of the gates : in the city she uttereth her words , [ saying ] ,
20_PRO_01_22 how long , ye simple ones , will ye love simplicity ? And the scorners delight in their scorning , And fools hate knowledge ?
20_PRO_01_23 turn you at my reproof : behold , I will Pour out my spirit unto you , I will make known my words unto you .
20_PRO_01_24 because I have called , And ye refused ; I have stretched out my hand , And no man regarded ;
20_PRO_01_25 but ye have set at nought all my counsel , And would none of my reproof :
20_PRO_01_26 I also will laugh at your calamity ; I will mock when your Fear cometh ;
20_PRO_01_27 when your Fear cometh as desolation , And your destruction cometh as A whirlwind ; when distress And anguish cometh upon you .
20_PRO_01_28 Then shall they call upon me , but I will not answer ; they shall seek me early , but they shall not find me :
20_PRO_01_29 for that they hated knowledge , And did not Choose the Fear of the LORD :
20_PRO_01_30 they would none of my counsel : they despised all my reproof .
20_PRO_01_31 therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way , And be filled with their own devices .
20_PRO_01_32 for the turning away of the simple shall slay them , And the prosperity of fools shall destroy them .
20_PRO_01_33 but whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely , And shall be quiet from Fear of evil .