Oct.
10
Proverbs
1-4
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1:1 The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel:
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1:2 to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of
understanding;
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1:3 to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness,
justice, and equity;
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1:4 to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the
young man:
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1:5 that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the
man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:
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1:6 to understand a proverb, and parables, the words and riddles of
the wise.
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1:7 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the
foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
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1:8 My son, listen to your father's instruction, and don't forsake
your mother's teaching:
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1:9 for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around
your neck.
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1:10 My son, if sinners entice you, don't consent.
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1:11 If they say, "Come with us, Let's lay in wait for blood;
let's lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
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1:12 let's swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those
who go down into the pit.
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1:13 We'll find all valuable wealth. We'll fill our houses with
spoil.
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1:14 You shall cast your lot among us. We'll all have one purse."
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1:15 My son, don't walk in the way with them. Keep your foot from
their path,
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1:16 for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.
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1:17 For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird:
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1:18 but these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for
their own lives.
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1:19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes
away the life of its owners.
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1:20 Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the
public squares.
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1:21 She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the
city gates, she utters her words:
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1:22 "How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How
long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate
knowledge?
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1:23 Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I
will make known my words to you.
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1:24 Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched
out my hand, and no one has paid attention;
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1:25 but you have ignored all my counsel, and wanted none of my
reproof;
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1:26 I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity
overtakes you;
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1:27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster
comes on like a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come on you.
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1:28 Then will they call on me, but I will not answer. They will
seek me diligently, but they will not find me;
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1:29 because they hated knowledge, and didn't choose the fear of
Yahweh.
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1:30 They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.
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1:31 Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be
filled with their own schemes.
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1:32 For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless
ease of fools will destroy them.
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1:33 But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, and will be at
ease, without fear of harm."
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2:1 My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my
commandments within you;
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2:2 So as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to
understanding;
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2:3 Yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for
understanding;
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2:4 If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden
treasures:
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2:5 then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and find the
knowledge of God.
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2:6 For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and
understanding.
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2:7 He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those
who walk in integrity;
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2:8 that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of
his saints.
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2:9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and
every good path.
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2:10 For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be
pleasant to your soul.
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2:11 Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,
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2:12 to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak
perverse things;
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2:13 who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of
darkness;
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2:14 who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of
evil;
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2:15 who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths:
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2:16 To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner
who flatters with her words;
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2:17 who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant
of her God:
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2:18 for her house leads down to death, her paths to the dead.
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2:19 None who go to her return again, neither do they attain to the
paths of life:
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2:20 that you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of
the righteous.
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2:21 For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain
in it.
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2:22 But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous
will be rooted out of it.
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3:1 My son, don't forget my teaching; but let your heart keep my
commandments:
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3:2 for length of days, and years of life, and peace, will they add
to you.
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3:3 Don't let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your
neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
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3:4 So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of
God and man.
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3:5 Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don't lean on your own
understanding.
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3:6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths
straight.
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3:7 Don't be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from
evil.
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3:8 It will be health to your body, and nourishment to your bones.
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3:9 Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all
your increase:
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3:10 so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will
overflow with new wine.
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3:11 My son, don't despise Yahweh's discipline, neither be weary of
his reproof:
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3:12 for whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; even as a father reproves
the son in whom he delights.
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3:13 Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets
understanding.
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3:14 For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her
return is better than fine gold.
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3:15 She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can
desire are to be compared to her.
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3:16 Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are
riches and honor.
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3:17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.
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3:18 She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is
everyone who retains her.
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3:19 By wisdom Yahweh founded the earth. By understanding, he
established the heavens.
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3:20 By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, and the skies drop
down the dew.
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3:21 My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom
and discretion:
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3:22 so they will be life to your soul, and grace for your neck.
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3:23 Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your foot won't
stumble.
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3:24 When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie
down, and your sleep will be sweet.
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3:25 Don't be afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of
the wicked, when it comes:
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3:26 for Yahweh will be your confidence, and will keep your foot
from being taken.
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3:27 Don't withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in
the power of your hand to do it.
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3:28 Don't say to your neighbor, "Go, and come again; tomorrow
I will give it to you," when you have it by you.
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3:29 Don't devise evil against your neighbor, seeing he dwells
securely by you.
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3:30 Don't strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no
harm.
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3:31 Don't envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.
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3:32 For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, but his
friendship is with the upright.
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3:33 Yahweh's curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses
the habitation of the righteous.
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3:34 Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.
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3:35 The wise will inherit glory, but shame will be the promotion of
fools.
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4:1 Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know
understanding;
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4:2 for I give you sound learning. Don't forsake my law.
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4:3 For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the
sight of my mother.
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4:4 He taught me, and said to me: "Let your heart retain my
words. Keep my commandments, and live.
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4:5 Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from
the words of my mouth.
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4:6 Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she
will keep you.
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4:7 Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your
possessions, get understanding.
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4:8 Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor,
when you embrace her.
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4:9 She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver
a crown of splendor to you."
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4:10 Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life
will be many.
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4:11 I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in
straight paths.
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4:12 When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you
will not stumble.
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4:13 Take firm hold of instruction. Don't let her go. Keep her, for
she is your life.
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4:14 Don't enter into the path of the wicked. Don't walk in the way
of evil men.
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4:15 Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.
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4:16 For they don't sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken
away, unless they make someone fall.
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4:17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of
violence.
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4:18 But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that
shines more and more until the perfect day.
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4:19 The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what
they stumble over.
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4:20 My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.
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4:21 Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of
your heart.
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4:22 For they are life to those who find them, and health to their
whole body.
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4:23 Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the
wellspring of life.
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4:24 Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far
from you.
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4:25 Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly
before you.
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4:26 Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be
established.
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4:27 Don't turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot
from evil.