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THE PROVERBS of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel

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To know wisdom and instruction; to comprehend the words of understanding

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To receive the discipline of wisdom, justice, and right, and equity

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To give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion

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That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, and the man of understanding may attain unto wise counsels

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To understand a proverb, and a figure; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings

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The fear of HaShem is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and discipline

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Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother

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For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck

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My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not

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If they say: 'Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk for the innocent without cause

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Let us swallow them up alive as the grave, and whole, as those that go down into the pit

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We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil

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Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse'-

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My son, walk not thou in the way with them, restrain thy foot from their path

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For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood

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For in vain the net is spread in the eyes of any bird

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And these lie in wait for their own blood, they lurk for their own lives

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So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; it taketh away the life of the owners thereof

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Wisdom crieth aloud in the streets, she uttereth her voice in the broad places

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She calleth at the head of the noisy streets, at the entrances of the gates, in the city, she uttereth her words

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'How long, ye thoughtless, will ye love thoughtlessness? And how long will scorners delight them in scorning, and fools hate knowledge

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Turn you at my reproof; behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you

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Because I have called, and ye refused, I have stretched out my hand, and no man attended

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But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof

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I also, in your calamity, will laugh, I will mock when your dread cometh

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When your dread cometh as a storm, and your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; when trouble and distress come upon you

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Then will they call me, but I will not answer, they will seek me earnestly, but they shall not find me

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For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of HaShem

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They would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof

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Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices

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For the waywardness of the thoughtless shall slay them, and the confidence of fools shall destroy them

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But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, and shall be quiet without fear of evil.