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Proverbs 1
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1 These are the proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel,CProverbs 1:1-9TOSKProverbs 1:1
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2 for gaining wisdom and discipline, for comprehending words of insight,CProverbs 1:1-9TOSKProverbs 1:2
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3 and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity.CProverbs 1:1-9TOSKProverbs 1:3
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4 To impart prudence to the simple and knowledge and discretion to the young,CProverbs 1:1-9TOSKProverbs 1:4
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5 let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counselCProverbs 1:1-9TOSKProverbs 1:5
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6 by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.CProverbs 1:1-9TOSKProverbs 1:6
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7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.CProverbs 1:1-9TOSKProverbs 1:7LTWisdom
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8 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.CProverbs 1:1-9TOSKProverbs 1:8
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9 For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.CProverbs 1:1-9TOSKProverbs 1:9
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10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.CProverbs 1:10-19TOSKProverbs 1:10
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11 If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,CProverbs 1:10-19TOSKProverbs 1:11
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12 let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.CProverbs 1:10-19TOSKProverbs 1:12
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13 We will find all manner of precious goods; we will fill our houses with plunder.CProverbs 1:10-19TOSKProverbs 1:13
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14 Throw in your lot with us; let us all share one purse”—CProverbs 1:10-19
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15 my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.CProverbs 1:10-19TOSKProverbs 1:15
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16 For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.CProverbs 1:10-19TOSKProverbs 1:16
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17 How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!CProverbs 1:10-19TOSKProverbs 1:17
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18 But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.CProverbs 1:10-19TOSKProverbs 1:18
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19 Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.CProverbs 1:10-19TOSKProverbs 1:19
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20 Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;CProverbs 1:20-33TOSKProverbs 1:20
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21 in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:CProverbs 1:20-33TOSKProverbs 1:21
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22 “How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?CProverbs 1:20-33TOSKProverbs 1:22
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23 If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you.CProverbs 1:20-33TOSKProverbs 1:23
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24 Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,CProverbs 1:20-33TOSKProverbs 1:24
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25 because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,CProverbs 1:20-33TOSKProverbs 1:25
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26 in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,CProverbs 1:20-33TOSKProverbs 1:26
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27 when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.CProverbs 1:20-33TOSKProverbs 1:27
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28 Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.CProverbs 1:20-33TOSKProverbs 1:28
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29 For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.CProverbs 1:20-33TOSKProverbs 1:29
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30 They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.CProverbs 1:20-33TOSKProverbs 1:30
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31 So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.CProverbs 1:20-33TOSKProverbs 1:31
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32 For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.CProverbs 1:20-33TOSKProverbs 1:32
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33 But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”CProverbs 1:20-33TOSKProverbs 1:33