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The Beginning of Knowledge

1 The aproverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: 
2 To1 know wisdom and instruction,
To perceive the words of understanding, 
3 To receive the instruction of wisdom,
Justice, judgment, and equity;
4 To give prudence to the asimple,
To the young man knowledge and discretion— 
5 aA wise man will hear and increase learning,
And a man of understanding will1 attain wise counsel, 
6 To understand a proverb and an enigma,
The words of the wise and their ariddles. 
7 aThe fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
But fools despise wisdom and instruction. 

Shun Evil Counsel

8 aMy son, hear the instruction of your father,
And do not forsake the law of your mother; 
9 For they will be a agraceful ornament on your head,
And chains about your neck. 
10 My son, if sinners entice you,
aDo not consent. 
11 If they say, “Come with us,
Let us alie in wait to shed blood;
Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause; 
12 Let us swallow them alive like1 Sheol,
And whole, alike those who go down to the Pit; 
13 We shall find all kinds of precious1 possessions,
We shall fill our houses with1 spoil; 
14 Cast in your lot among us,
Let us all have one purse”—
15 My son, ado not walk in the way with them,
bKeep your foot from their path; 
16 aFor their feet run to evil,
And they make haste to shed blood. 
17 Surely, in1 vain the net is spread
In the sight of any1 bird; 
18 But they lie in wait for their own blood,
They lurk secretly for their own lives.
19 aSo are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain;
It takes away the life of its owners. 

The Call of Wisdom

20 aWisdom calls aloud1 outside;
She raises her voice in the open squares. 
21 She cries out in the1 chief concourses,
At the openings of the gates in the city
She speaks her words: 
22 “How long, you1 simple ones, will you love simplicity?
For scorners delight in their scorning,
And fools hate knowledge. 
23 Turn at my rebuke;
Surely aI will pour out my spirit on you;
I will make my words known to you. 
24 aBecause I have called and you refused,
I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded, 
25 Because you adisdained all my counsel,
And would have none of my rebuke, 
26 aI also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when your terror comes, 
27 When ayour terror comes like a storm,
And your destruction comes like a whirlwind,
When distress and anguish come upon you. 
28 “Thena they will call on me, but I will not answer;
They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me. 
29 Because they ahated knowledge
And did not bchoose the fear of the Lord, 
30 aThey would have none of my counsel
And despised my every rebuke. 
31 Therefore athey shall eat the fruit of their own way,
And be filled to the full with their own fancies. 
32 For the1 turning away of the simple will slay them,
And the complacency of fools will destroy them; 
33 But whoever listens to me will dwell asafely,
And bwill be secure, without fear of evil.” 
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