Rotherham - Proverbs - 1

1:1  The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, King of Israel:

1:2  For the knowledge of wisdom and correction, for discerning the sayings of intelligence;

1:3  For receiving the correction of prudence, righteousness and justice, and equity;

1:4  For giving To the simple shrewdness, To the young man, knowledge and discretion.

1:5  A wise man, will hear, and will increase learning, and a, discreet man, wise counsels, will acquire,

1:6  By gaining discernment of proverb, and satire, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

1:7  The reverence of Yahweh, is the beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and correction, the foolish have despised.

1:8  Hear, my son, the correction of thy father, and do not reject the instruction of thy mother;

1:9  For, a wreath of beauty, shall they be to thy head, and chains of ornament, to thy neck.

1:10  My son, if sinners entice thee, do not consent.

1:11  If they say—Come with us,—Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us watch in secret for him who is needlessly innocent;

1:12  Let us engulf them, like hades, alive, While in health, like them who are going down to the pit;

1:13  All costly substance, shall we find, We shall fill our houses with spoil;

1:14  Thy lot, shalt thou cast into our midst, One purse, shall there be, for us all.

1:15  My son, do not walk in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path.

1:16  For, their feet, to mischief, do run, and haste to the shedding of blood.

1:17  Surely, in vain, is spread the net, in the sight of aught that hath wings!

1:18  Yet, they, for their own blood, lie in wait, They watch in secret for their own life.

1:19  Such are the ways of every one that graspeth with greed, The life of the owners thereof, it taketh away!

1:20  Wisdom, in the open place, soundeth forth, in the broadways, she raiseth her voice;

1:21  At the head of bustling streets, she crieth aloud,—at the openings of the gates in the city—her sayings, she doth utter:—

1:22  How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and, scoffers, in scoffing, delight them? and, dullards, hate knowledge?

1:23  Will ye turn, at my reproof? Lo! I will pour out to you my spirit, I will make known my words to you.

1:24  Because I called, and ye refused, I stretched out my hand, and no one regarded;

1:25  But ye dismissed all my counsel, and, to my rebuke, would not yield,

1:26  I also, at your calamity, will laugh, I will mock, when cometh your dread;

1:27  When cometh as a crashing your dread, and, your calamity, as a storm-wind, overtaketh, when there come upon you, distress and anguish.

1:28  Then, will they call me, but I will not answer, they will seek me diligently, but shall not find me.

1:29  Because they hated knowledge, and, the reverence of Yahweh, did not choose;

1:30  Consented not to my counsel, disdained all my rebuke,

1:31  Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and, with their own counsels, be filled.

1:32  For, the turning away of the simple, will slay them,—and, the carelessness of dullards, will destroy them.

1:33  Whereas, he that hearkeneth unto me, shall dwell safely, and be at rest, without dread of misfortune.