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1611 King James Bible

Proverbs 1

  1. Proverbs 1:1 The Prouerbes of Solomon the sonne of Dauid, King of Israel,
  2. Proverbs 1:2 To knowe wisedome and instruction, to perceiue the words of vnderstanding,
  3. Proverbs 1:3 To receiue the instruction of wisdome, iustice, and iudgement & equitie,
  4. Proverbs 1:4 To giue subtiltie to the simple, to the yong man knowledge and discretion.
  5. Proverbs 1:5 A wise man wil heare, and wil increase learning: and a man of vnderstanding shall attaine vnto wise counsels:
  6. Proverbs 1:6 To vnderstand a prouerbe, and the interpretation; the wordes of the wise, and their darke sayings.
  7. Proverbs 1:7 ¶ The feare of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fooles despise wisedome and instruction.
  8. Proverbs 1:8 My sonne, heare the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.
  9. Proverbs 1:9 For they shall be an ornament of grace vnto thy head, and chaines about thy necke.
  10. Proverbs 1:10 ¶ My sonne, if sinners entise thee, consent thou not.
  11. Proverbs 1:11 If they say, Come with vs, let vs lay wait for blood, let vs lurke priuily for the innocent without cause:
  12. Proverbs 1:12 Let vs swallow them vp aliue, as the graue, and whole, as those that goe downe into the pit:
  13. Proverbs 1:13 Wee shall finde all precious substance, wee shall fill our houses with spoile:
  14. Proverbs 1:14 Cast in thy lot among vs, let vs all haue one purse:
  15. Proverbs 1:15 My sonne, walke not thou in the way with them; refraine thy foot from their path:
  16. Proverbs 1:16 For their feete runne to euil, and make haste to shed blood.
  17. Proverbs 1:17 Surely in vaine the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
  18. Proverbs 1:18 And they lay wait for their owne blood, they lurke priuily for their owne liues.
  19. Proverbs 1:19 So are the waies of euery one that is greedie of gaine: which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
  20. Proverbs 1:20 ¶ Wisedome crieth without, she vttereth her voice in the streets:
  21. Proverbs 1:21 Shee crieth in the chiefe place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she vttereth her words, saying,
  22. Proverbs 1:22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye loue simplicitie? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fooles hate knowledge?
  23. Proverbs 1:23 Turne you at my reproofe: behold, I will powre out my spirit vnto you, I will make knowen my wordes vnto you.
  24. Proverbs 1:24 ¶ Because I haue called, and yee refused, I haue stretched out my hand, and no man regarded:
  25. Proverbs 1:25 But ye haue set at nought all my counsell, & would none of my reproofe:
  26. Proverbs 1:26 I also will laugh at your calamitie, I wil mocke when your feare commeth.
  27. Proverbs 1:27 When your feare commeth as desolation, and your destruction commeth as a whirlewinde; when distresse and anguish commeth vpon you:
  28. Proverbs 1:28 Then shall they call vpon mee, but I will not answere; they shall seeke me early, but they shall not finde me:
  29. Proverbs 1:29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the feare of the Lord.
  30. Proverbs 1:30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproofe.
  31. Proverbs 1:31 Therefore shall they eate of the fruite of their owne way, and be filled with their owne deuices.
  32. Proverbs 1:32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fooles shall destroy them.
  33. Proverbs 1:33 But who so hearkneth vnto mee, shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from feare of euill.