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Chapter 1
I.
PROLOGUE
Title and purpose of the book
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The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:
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for learning what wisdom and discipline are, for understanding words of deep meaning,
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for acquiring an enlightened attitude of mind-virtue, justice and fair-dealing;
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for teaching sound judgement to the ignorant, and knowledge and sense to the young;
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for perceiving the meaning of proverbs and obscure sayings, the sayings of the sages and their riddles.
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Let the wise listen and he will learn yet more, and the man of discernment will acquire the art of guidance.
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The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; fools spurn wisdom and discipline.
The sage speaks: avoid bad company
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Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, do not reject your mother’s teaching:
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they will be a crown of grace for your head, a circlet for your neck.
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My son, if sinners try to seduce you, do not give way.
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If they say, ‘Come with us: there is blood to be had if we lie in wait for it, if we plan an ambush for the innocent;
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we can swallow them alive, like Sheol, alive and whole like those who go down to the Pit.
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We shall find treasures of every sort, we shall fill our houses with plunder;
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throw in your lot with us: one purse between us all.’
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My son, do not follow them in their way, keep your steps out of their path
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(for their feet hasten to evil, they are quick to shed blood);
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the net is always spread in vain if the bird is watching.
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It is for their own blood these men lie in wait, their own selves they lie in ambush for.
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To this come all men who are after dishonest gain, which robs of their lives all those who take it for their own.
Wisdom speaks: a warning to the heedless
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Wisdom calls aloud in the streets, she raises her voice in the public squares;
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she calls out at the street corners, she delivers her message at the city gates,
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‘You ignorant people, how much longer will you cling to your ignorance? How much longer will mockers revel in their mocking and fools hold knowledge contemptible?
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Pay attention to my warning: now I will pour out my heart to you, and tell you what I have to say.
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Since I have called and you have refused me, since I have beckoned and no one has taken notice,
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since you have ignored all my advice and rejected all my warnings,
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I, for my part, will laugh at your distress, I will jeer at you when calamity comes,
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when calamity bears down on you like a storm and your distress like a whirlwind, when disaster and anguish bear down on you.
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Then they shall call to me, but I will not answer, they shall seek me eagerly and shall not find me.
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They despised knowledge, they had no love for the fear of Yahweh,
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they would take no advice from me, and spurned all my warnings:
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so they must eat the fruits of their own courses, and choke themselves with their own scheming.
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For the errors of the ignorant lead to their death, and the complacency of fools works their own ruin;
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but whoever listens to me may live secure, he will have quiet, fearing no mischance.’
Chapters of Proverbs
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