The proverbs
of Solomon
the son
of David,
king
of Israel;
To know
wisdom
and instruction;
to perceive
the words
of understanding;
To receive
the instruction
of wisdom,
justice,
and judgment,
and equity;
turning
στροφὰς
strophas
To give
subtilty
to the simple,
to the young man
knowledge
and discretion.
A wise
man will hear,
and will increase
learning;
and a man of understanding
shall attain
unto wise counsels:
To understand
a proverb,
and the interpretation;
the words
of the wise,
and their dark sayings.
The fear
of the LORD
is the beginning
of knowledge:
but fools
despise
wisdom
and instruction.
disdain
ἐξουθενήσουσιν
exouthenēsousin
My son,
hear
the instruction
of thy father,
and forsake
not the law
of thy mother:
For they shall be an ornament
of grace
unto thy head,
and chains
about thy neck.
My son,
if sinners
entice
thee, consent
thou not.
If they say,
Come
with us, let us lay wait
for blood,
let us lurk
privily for the innocent
without cause:
Let us swallow them up
alive
as the grave;
and whole,
as those that go down
into the pit:
We shall find
all precious
substance,
we shall fill
our houses
with spoil:
Cast
in thy lot
among
us; let us all have one
purse:
My son,
walk
not thou in the way
with them; refrain
thy foot
from their path:
For their feet
run
to evil,
and make haste
to shed
blood.
Surely in vain
the net
is spread
in the sight
of any bird.
And they lay wait
for their own blood;
they lurk privily
for their own lives.
So are the ways
of every one that is greedy
of gain;
which taketh away
the life
of the owners
thereof.
Wisdom
crieth
without;
she uttereth
her voice
in the streets:
She crieth
in the chief place
of concourse,
in the openings
of the gates:
in the city
she uttereth
her words,
saying,
How long, ye simple ones,
will ye love
simplicity?
and the scorners
delight
in their scorning,
and fools
hate
knowledge?
Turn
you at my reproof:
behold, I will pour out
my spirit
unto you, I will make known
my words
unto you.
Because I have called,
and ye refused;
I have stretched out
my hand,
and no man regarded;
But ye have set at nought
all my counsel,
and would
none of my reproof:
I also will laugh
at your calamity;
I will mock
when your fear
cometh;
When your fear
cometh
as desolation,
and your destruction
cometh
as a whirlwind;
when distress
and anguish
cometh
upon you.
squall descending from above
καταιγίδι
kataigidi
besieging
πολιορκία
poliorkia
Then shall they call
upon me, but I will not answer;
they shall seek me early,
but they shall not find
me:
For that they hated
knowledge,
and did not choose
the fear
of the LORD:
They would
none of my counsel:
they despised
all my reproof.
Therefore shall they eat
of the fruit
of their own way,
and be filled
with their own devices.
For the turning away
of the simple
shall slay
them, and the prosperity
of fools
shall destroy
them.
But whoso hearkeneth
unto me shall dwell
safely,
and shall be quiet
from fear
of evil.
