Proverbs 1 — GMV

1 The Proverbs of Solomon son of David, ² To know wisdom and instruction, ³ To receive also hard sayings, ⁴ That he might give subtlety to the simple, ⁵ For by the hearing of these a wise man will be wiser, ⁶ And will understand a parable, and a dark speech; ⁷ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; ⁸ Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, ⁹ For thou shalt receive for thy head a crown of graces, ¹⁰ My son, let not ungodly men lead thee astray, ¹¹ If they should exhort thee, saying, Come with us, partake in blood, ¹² And let us swallow him alive, as Hades would, ¹³ Let us seize on his valuable property, ¹⁴ But do thou cast in thy lot with us, ¹⁵ Go not in the way with them, ¹⁷ For nets are not without cause spread for birds. ¹⁸ For they that are concerned in murder store up evils for themselves; ¹⁹ These are the ways of all that perform lawless deeds; ²⁰ Wisdom sings aloud in passages, ²¹ And she makes proclamation on the top of the walls, ²² So long as the simple cleave to justice, they shall not be ashamed: ²³ Behold, I will bring forth to you the utterance of my breath, ²⁴ Since I called, and ye did not hearken; ²⁵ But ye set at nought my counsels, ²⁶ Therefore I also will laugh at your destruction; ²⁷ Yea when dismay suddenly comes upon you, ²⁸ For it shall be that when ye call upon me, I will not hearken to you: ²⁹ For they hated wisdom, ³⁰ Neither would they attend to my counsels, ³¹ Therefore shall they eat the fruits of their own way, ³² For because they wronged the simple, they shall be slain; ³³ But he that hearkens to me shall dwell in confidence,