Read Bible Book Of Proverbs Chapter 1 In Online
1 - The Proverbs Of Solomon Son Of David, King Of Israel:
2 - For Attaining Wisdom And Discipline; For Understanding Words Of Insight;
3 - For Acquiring A Disciplined And Prudent Life, Doing What Is Right And Just And Fair;
4 - For Giving Prudence To The Simple, Knowledge And Discretion To The Young-
5 - Let The Wise Listen And Add To Their Learning, And Let The Discerning Get Guidance-
6 - For Understanding Proverbs And Parables, The Sayings And Riddles Of The Wise.
7 - The Fear Of The Lord Is The Beginning Of Knowledge, But Fools Despise Wisdom And Discipline. Exhortations To Embrace Wisdom
8 - Listen, My Son, To Your Father's Instruction And Do Not Forsake Your Mother's Teaching.
9 - They Will Be A Garland To Grace Your Head And A Chain To Adorn Your Neck.
10 - My Son, If Sinners Entice You, Do Not Give In To Them.
11 - If They Say, "Come Along With Us; Let's Lie In Wait For Someone's Blood, Let's Waylay Some Harmless Soul;
12 - Let's Swallow Them Alive, Like The Grave, And Whole, Like Those Who Go Down To The Pit;
13 - We Will Get All Sorts Of Valuable Things And Fill Our Houses With Plunder;
14 - Throw In Your Lot With Us, And We Will Share A Common Purse"-
15 - My Son, Do Not Go Along With Them, Do Not Set Foot On Their Paths;
16 - For Their Feet Rush Into Sin, They Are Swift To Shed Blood.
17 - How Useless To Spread A Net In Full View Of All The Birds!
18 - These Men Lie In Wait For Their Own Blood; They Waylay Only Themselves!
19 - Such Is The End Of All Who Go After Ill-gotten Gain; It Takes Away The Lives Of Those Who Get It.
20 - Wisdom Calls Aloud In The Street, She Raises Her Voice In The Public Squares;
21 - At The Head Of The Noisy Streets She Cries Out, In The Gateways Of The City She Makes Her Speech:
22 - "How Long Will You Simple Ones Love Your Simple Ways? How Long Will Mockers Delight In Mockery And Fools Hate Knowledge?
23 - If You Had Responded To My Rebuke, I Would Have Poured Out My Heart To You And Made My Thoughts Known To You.
24 - But Since You Rejected Me When I Called And No One Gave Heed When I Stretched Out My Hand,
25 - Since You Ignored All My Advice And Would Not Accept My Rebuke,
26 - I In Turn Will Laugh At Your Disaster; I Will Mock When Calamity Overtakes You-
27 - When Calamity Overtakes You Like A Storm, When Disaster Sweeps Over You Like A Whirlwind, When Distress And Trouble Overwhelm You.
28 - "Then They Will Call To Me But I Will Not Answer; They Will Look For Me But Will Not Find Me.
29 - Since They Hated Knowledge And Did Not Choose To Fear The Lord ,
30 - Since They Would Not Accept My Advice And Spurned My Rebuke,
31 - They Will Eat The Fruit Of Their Ways And Be Filled With The Fruit Of Their Schemes.
32 - For The Waywardness Of The Simple Will Kill Them, And The Complacency Of Fools Will Destroy Them;
33 - But Whoever Listens To Me Will Live In Safety And Be At Ease, Without Fear Of Harm."
