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The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, [are];
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To know wisdom and discipline, to comprehend words of understanding;
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To receive the discipline of wisdom, righteousness, justice, and equity;
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To give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth.
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Let the wise man hear and increase learning. The understanding man shall acquire wise counsels
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to understand an allegory and a figure, the words of the wise and their riddles.
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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and discipline.
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Hearken, my son, to the discipline of your father, and do not forsake the instruction of your mother;
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for they are a wreath of grace for your head and a necklace for your neck.
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My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent;
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if they say, "Come with us; let us lie in wait for blood; let us hide for the innocent, without cause;
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let us swallow them up alive like the grave, and the whole ones like those who descend into the pit.
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We will find all precious possessions; we will fill our houses with plunder.
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Cast your lot among us; we will all have one purse"
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my son, do not go on the way with them; restrain your foot from their path,
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for their feet run to evil, and they hasten to shed blood.
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For the net is scattered without cause in the eyes of all winged fowl,
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but they lie in wait for their blood; they hide for their lives.
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So are the ways of everyone who commits robbery; it will take away the life of its owner.
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Wisdoms shout in the street; in the squares she gives forth her voice.
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She calls at the head of the noisy streets; she utters her words at the entrances of the gates in the city;
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"How long will you naive ones love naivete, and the scoffers covet scoffing, and the fools hate knowledge?
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You shall repent because of my reproof; behold! I will pour out my spirit to you; I will let you know my words.
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Since I called you and you refused, I stretched out my hand and no one listened,
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and you have made nothing of all my advice, and you did not desire my reproof
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I, too, will laugh at your calamity, I will scoff when what you fear comes;
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when your fear comes like a storm, and your calamity comes like a whirlwind; when trouble and straits come upon you.
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Then they will call me, and I will not answer; they shall seek me, and they shall not find me.
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Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord;
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they did not desire my advice, they despised all my reproof-
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they will eat of the fruit of their way, and from their counsels they will be sated,
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for the backsliding of the naive shall slay them, and the tranquility of the fools shall cause them to perish.
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But he who hearkens to me shall dwell confidently and shall be tranquil from the fear of harm."
