Brenton Translation
1851 by Lancelot Brenton

Proverbs Chapter 1

Pro 1:1 The Proverbs of Solomon son of David, who reigned in Israel;
Pro 1:2 to know wisdom and instruction, and to perceive words of understanding;
Pro 1:3 to receive also hard saying, and to understand true justice, and [how] to direct judgement;
Pro 1:4 that he might give subtlety to the simple, and to the young man discernment and understanding.
Pro 1:5 For by the hearing of these a wise man will be wiser, and man of understanding will gain direction;
Pro 1:6 and will understand a parable, and a dark speech; the saying of the wise also, and riddles.
Pro 1:7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; and [there is] good understanding to all that practise it: and piety toward God is the beginning of discernment; but the ungodly will set at nought wisdom and instruction.
Pro 1:8 Hear, [my] son, the instruction of thy father, and reject not the rules of thy mother.
Pro 1:9 For thou shalt receive for thine head a crown of graces, and a chain of gold round thy neck.
Pro 1:10 [My] son, let not ungodly men lead thee astray, neither consent thou [to them].
Pro 1:11 If they should exhort thee, saying, Come with us, partake in blood, and let us unjustly hide the just man in the earth:
Pro 1:12 and let us swallow him alive, as Hades [would], and remove the memorial of him from the earth:
Pro 1:13 let us seize on his valuable property, and let us fill our houses with spoils:
Pro 1:14 but do thou cast in thy lot with us, and let us all provide a common purse, and let us have one pouch:
Pro 1:15 go not in the way with them, but turn aside thy foot from their paths:
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Pro 1:17 for nets are not without cause spread for birds.
Pro 1:18 For they that are concerned in murder store up evils for themselves; and the overthrow of transgressors is evil.
Pro 1:19 These are the ways of all that perform lawless deeds; for by ungodliness they destroy their own life.
Pro 1:20 Wisdom sings aloud in passages, and in the broad places speaks boldly.
Pro 1:21 And she makes proclamation on the top of the walls, and sits by the gates of princes; and at the gates of the city boldly says,
Pro 1:22 So long as the simple cleave to justice, they shall not be ashamed: but the foolish being lovers of haughtiness, having become ungodly have hated knowledge, and are become subject to reproofs.
Pro 1:23 Behold, I will bring forth to you the utterance of my breath, and I will instruct you in my speech.
Pro 1:24 Since I called, and ye did not hearken; and I spoke at length, and ye gave no heed;
Pro 1:25 but ye set at nought my counsels, and disregarded my reproofs;
Pro 1:26 therefore I also will laugh at your destruction; and I will rejoice against [you] when ruin comes upon you:
Pro 1:27 yea when dismay suddenly comes upon you, and [your] overthrow shall arrive like a tempest; and when tribulation and distress shall come upon you, or when ruin shall come upon you.
Pro 1:28 For it shall be that when ye call upon me, I will not hearken to you: wicked men shall seek me, but shall not find [me].
Pro 1:29 For they hated wisdom, and did not choose the word of the Lord:
Pro 1:30 neither would they attend to my counsels, but derided my reproofs.
Pro 1:31 Therefore shall they eat the fruits of their own way, and shall be filled with their own ungodliness.
Pro 1:32 For because they wronged the simple, they shall be slain; and an inquisition shall ruin the ungodly.
Pro 1:33 But he that hearkens to me shall dwell in confidence, and shall rest securely from all evil.