Proverbs 1 (kjv)

The proverbs^H4912 of Solomon^H8010 the son^H1121 of David^H1732, king^H4428 of Israel^H3478;²To know^H3045 wisdom^H2451 and instruction^H4148; to perceive^H995 the words^H561 of understanding^H998;³To receive^H3947 the instruction^H4148 of wisdom^H7919, justice^H6664, and judgment^H4941, and equity^H4339;⁴To give^H5414 subtilty^H6195 to the simple^H6612, to the young man^H5288 knowledge^H1847 and discretion^H4209.⁵A wise^H2450 man will hear^H8085, and will increase^H3254 learning^H3948; and a man of understanding^H995 shall attain^H7069 unto wise counsels^H8458:⁶To understand^H995 a proverb^H4912, and the interpretation^H4426; the words^H1697 of the wise^H2450, and their dark sayings^H2420.

⁷The fear^H3374 of the LORD^H3068 is the beginning^H7225 of knowledge^H1847: but fools^H191 despise^H936 wisdom^H2451 and instruction^H4148.⁸My son^H1121, hear^H8085 the instruction^H4148 of thy father^H1, and forsake^H5203 not the law^H8451 of thy mother^H517:⁹For they shall be an ornament^H3880 of grace^H2580 unto thy head^H7218, and chains^H6060 about thy neck^H1621.

¹⁰My son^H1121, if sinners^H2400 entice^H6601 thee, consent^H14 thou not.¹¹If they say^H559, Come^H3212 with us, let us lay wait^H693 for blood^H1818, let us lurk^H6845 privily for the innocent^H5355 without cause^H2600:¹²Let us swallow them up^H1104 alive^H2416 as the grave^H7585; and whole^H8549, as those that go down^H3381 into the pit^H953:¹³We shall find^H4672 all precious^H3368 substance^H1952, we shall fill^H4390 our houses^H1004 with spoil^H7998:¹⁴Cast^H5307 in thy lot^H1486 among^H8432 us; let us all have one^H259 purse^H3599:¹⁵My son^H1121, walk^H3212 not thou in the way^H1870 with them; refrain^H4513 thy foot^H7272 from their path^H5410:¹⁶For their feet^H7272 run^H7323 to evil^H7451, and make haste^H4116 to shed^H8210 blood^H1818.¹⁷Surely in vain^H2600 the net^H7568 is spread^H2219 in the sight^H5869 of any bird^{H1167 H3671}.¹⁸And they lay wait^H693 for their own blood^H1818; they lurk privily^H6845 for their own lives^H5315.¹⁹So are the ways^H734 of every one that is greedy^H1214 of gain^H1215; which taketh away^H3947 the life^H5315 of the owners^H1167 thereof.

²⁰Wisdom^H2454 crieth^H7442 without^H2351; she uttereth^H5414 her voice^H6963 in the streets^H7339:²¹She crieth^H7121 in the chief place^H7218 of concourse^H1993, in the openings^H6607 of the gates^H8179: in the city^H5892 she uttereth^H559 her words^H561, saying,²²How long, ye simple ones^H6612, will ye love^H157 simplicity^H6612? and the scorners^H3887 delight^H2530 in their scorning^H3944, and fools^H3684 hate^H8130 knowledge^H1847?²³Turn^H7725 you at my reproof^H8433: behold, I will pour out^H5042 my spirit^H7307 unto you, I will make known^H3045 my words^H1697 unto you.

²⁴Because I have called^H7121, and ye refused^H3985; I have stretched out^H5186 my hand^H3027, and no man regarded^H7181;²⁵But ye have set at nought^H6544 all my counsel^H6098, and would^H14 none of my reproof^H8433:²⁶I also will laugh^H7832 at your calamity^H343; I will mock^H3932 when your fear^H6343 cometh^H935;²⁷When your fear^H6343 cometh^H935 as desolation^{H7722 H7584}, and your destruction^H343 cometh^H857 as a whirlwind^H5492; when distress^H6869 and anguish^H6695 cometh^H935 upon you.²⁸Then shall they call^H7121 upon me, but I will not answer^H6030; they shall seek me early^H7836, but they shall not find^H4672 me:²⁹For that they hated^H8130 knowledge^H1847, and did not choose^H977 the fear^H3374 of the LORD^H3068:³⁰They would^H14 none of my counsel^H6098: they despised^H5006 all my reproof^H8433.³¹Therefore shall they eat^H398 of the fruit^H6529 of their own way^H1870, and be filled^H7646 with their own devices^H4156.³²For the turning away^H4878 of the simple^H6612 shall slay^H2026 them, and the prosperity^H7962 of fools^H3684 shall destroy^H6 them.³³But whoso hearkeneth^H8085 unto me shall dwell^H7931 safely^H983, and shall be quiet^H7599 from fear^H6343 of evil^H7451.