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1. The Proverbs of Solomon son of David, who reigned in Israel;
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1. The proverbs H4912 of Solomon H8010 the son H1121 of David H1732 , king H4428 of Israel H3478 ;
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2. to know wisdom and instruction, and to perceive words of understanding;
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2. To know H3045 wisdom H2451 and instruction H4148 ; to perceive H995 the words H561 of understanding H998 ;
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3. to receive also Gr. turnings; q. d. knotty words; See Heb. hard saying, and to understand true justice, and how to direct judgement;
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3. To receive H3947 the instruction H4148 of wisdom H7919 , justice H6664 , and judgment H4941 , and equity H4339 ;
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4. that he might give subtlety to the simple, and to the young man Or, discretion discernment and understanding.
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4. To give H5414 subtlety H6195 to the simple H6612 , to the young man H5288 knowledge H1847 and discretion H4209 .
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5. For by the hearing of these a wise man will be wiser, and man of understanding will gain direction;
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5. A 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 :
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6. and will understand a parable, and a dark speech; the saying of the wise also, and riddles.
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6. To understand H995 a proverb H4912 , and the interpretation H4426 ; the words H1697 of the wise H2450 , and their dark sayings H2420 .
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7. The fear of the Lord is the Or, sum, or, top beginning of wisdom; and there is good understanding to all that practise it: and piety toward God is the beginning of discernment; but the ungodly will set at nought wisdom and instruction.
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7. The fear H3374 of the LORD H3068 is the beginning H7225 of knowledge H1847 : but fools H191 despise H936 wisdom H2451 and instruction H4148 .
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8. Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and reject not the rules of thy mother.
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8. My son H1121 , hear H8085 the instruction H4148 of thy father H1 , and forsake H5203 not H408 the law H8451 of thy mother H517 :
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9. For thou shalt receive for thine head a crown of graces, and a chain of gold round thy neck.
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9. For H3588 they H1992 shall be an ornament H3880 of grace H2580 unto thy head H7218 , and chains H6060 about thy neck H1621 .
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10. My son, let not ungodly men lead thee astray, neither consent thou to them.
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10. My son H1121 , if H518 sinners H2400 entice H6601 thee, consent H14 thou not H408 .
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11. If they should exhort thee, saying, Come with us, partake in blood, and let us unjustly hide the just man in the earth:
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11. If H518 they say H559 , Come H1980 with H854 us , let us lay wait H693 for blood H1818 , let us lurk privily H6845 for the innocent H5355 without cause H2600 :
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12. and let us swallow him alive, as Hades would, and remove the memorial of him from the earth:
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12. Let us swallow them up H1104 alive H2416 as the grave H7585 ; and whole H8549 , as those that go down H3381 into the pit H953 :
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13. let us seize on his valuable property, and let us fill our houses with spoils:
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13. We shall find H4672 all H3605 precious H3368 substance H1952 , we shall fill H4390 our houses H1004 with spoil H7998 :
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14. but do thou cast in thy lot with us, and let us all provide a common purse, and let us have one pouch:
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14. Cast in H5307 thy lot H1486 among H8432 us ; let us all H3605 have H1961 one H259 purse H3599 :
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15. go not in the way with them, but turn aside thy foot from their paths:
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15. My son H1121 , walk H1980 not H408 thou in the way H1870 with H854 them; refrain H4513 thy foot H7272 from their path H4480 H5410 :
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16. Alex. For their feet run to do evil, and are swift to shed blood.
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16. For H3588 their feet H7272 run H7323 to evil H7451 , and make haste H4116 to shed H8210 blood H1818 .
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17. for nets are not without cause spread for birds.
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17. Surely H3588 in vain H2600 the net H7568 is spread H2219 in the sight H5869 of any H3605 bird H1167 H3671 .
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18. For they that are concerned in murder store up evils for themselves; and the overthrow of transgressors is evil.
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18. And they H1992 lay wait H693 for their own blood H1818 ; they lurk privily H6845 for their own lives H5315 .
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19. These are the ways of all that perform lawless deeds; for by ungodliness they destroy their own life.
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19. So H3651 are the ways H734 of every one H3605 that is greedy H1214 of gain H1215 ; which taketh away H3947 H853 the life H5315 of the owners H1167 thereof.
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20. Wisdom sings aloud in passages, and in the broad places speaks boldly.
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20. Wisdom H2454 crieth H7442 without H2351 ; she uttereth H5414 her voice H6963 in the streets H7339 :
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21. And she makes proclamation on the top of the walls, and sits by the gates of princes; and at the gates of the city boldly says,
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21. She crieth H7121 in the chief H7218 place of concourse H1993 , in the openings H6607 of the gates H8179 : in the city H5892 she uttereth H559 her words H561 , saying ,
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22. So long as the simple cleave to justice, they shall not be ashamed: but the foolish being lovers of haughtiness, having become ungodly have hated knowledge, and are become subject to reproofs.
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22. How long H5704 H4970 , 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 ?
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23. Behold, I will bring forth to you the utterance of my breath, and I will instruct you in my speech.
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23. Turn H7725 you at my reproof H8433 : behold H2009 , I will pour out H5042 my spirit H7307 unto you , I will make known H3045 my words H1697 unto you.
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24. Since I called, and ye did not hearken; and I spoke at length, and ye gave no heed;
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24. Because H3282 I have called H7121 , and ye refused H3985 ; I have stretched out H5186 my hand H3027 , and no man H369 regarded H7181 ;
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25. but ye set at nought my counsels, and disregarded my reproofs;
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25. But ye have set at naught H6544 all H3605 my counsel H6098 , and would H14 none H3808 of my reproof H8433 :
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26. therefore I also will laugh at your destruction; and I will rejoice against you when ruin comes upon you:
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26. I H589 also H1571 will laugh H7832 at your calamity H343 ; I will mock H3932 when your fear H6343 cometh H935 ;
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27. yea when dismay suddenly comes upon you, and your overthrow shall arrive like a tempest; and when tribulation and distress shall come upon you, or when ruin shall come upon you.
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27. When your fear H6343 cometh H935 as desolation H7722 , and your destruction H343 cometh H857 as a whirlwind H5492 ; when distress H6869 and anguish H6695 cometh H935 upon H5921 you.
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28. For it shall be that when ye call upon me, I will not hearken to you: wicked men shall seek me, but shall not find me.
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28. Then H227 shall they call upon H7121 me , but I will not H3808 answer H6030 ; they shall seek me early H7836 , but they shall not H3808 find H4672 me:
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29. For they hated wisdom, and did not choose the word of the Lord:
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29. For that H8478 H3588 they hated H8130 knowledge H1847 , and did not H3808 choose H977 the fear H3374 of the LORD H3068 :
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30. neither would they attend to my counsels, but derided my reproofs.
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30. They would H14 none H3808 of my counsel H6098 : they despised H5006 all H3605 my reproof H8433 .
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31. Therefore shall they eat the fruits of their own way, and shall be filled with their own ungodliness.
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31. Therefore shall they eat H398 of the fruit H4480 H6529 of their own way H1870 , and be filled H7646 with their own devices H4480 H4156 .
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32. For because they wronged the simple, they shall be slain; and an inquisition shall ruin the ungodly.
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32. For H3588 the turning away H4878 of the simple H6612 shall slay H2026 them , and the prosperity H7962 of fools H3684 shall destroy H6 them.
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33. But he that hearkens to me shall dwell in Gr. hope; See Ps. 16 confidence, and shall rest securely from all evil.
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33. But whoso hearkeneth H8085 unto me shall dwell H7931 safely H983 , and shall be quiet H7599 from fear H4480 H6343 of evil H7451 .
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