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Passage Lookup: Proverbs 1
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33 verses
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Proverbs 1:1
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The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:
Proverbs 1:2
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for attaining wisdom and discipline; for understanding words of insight;
Proverbs 1:3
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for acquiring a disciplined and prudent life, doing what is right and just and fair;
Proverbs 1:4
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for giving prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young-
Proverbs 1:5
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let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance-
Proverbs 1:6
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for understanding proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.
Proverbs 1:7
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The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools (F1) despise wisdom and discipline.
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Proverbs 1:8
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Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
Proverbs 1:9
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They will be a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.
Proverbs 1:10
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My son, if sinners entice you, do not give in to them.
Proverbs 1:11
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If they say, "Come along with us; let's lie in wait for someone's blood, let's waylay some harmless soul;
Proverbs 1:12
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let's swallow them alive, like the grave, (F2) and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
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Proverbs 1:13
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we will get all sorts of valuable things and fill our houses with plunder;
Proverbs 1:14
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throw in your lot with us, and we will share a common purse"-
Proverbs 1:15
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my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths;
Proverbs 1:16
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for their feet rush into sin, they are swift to shed blood.
Proverbs 1:17
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How useless to spread a net in full view of all the birds!
Proverbs 1:18
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These men lie in wait for their own blood; they waylay only themselves!
Proverbs 1:19
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Such is the end of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the lives of those who get it.
Proverbs 1:20
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Wisdom calls aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the public squares;
Proverbs 1:21
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at the head of the noisy streets (F3) she cries out, in the gateways of the city she makes her speech:
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Proverbs 1:22
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"How long will you simple ones love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:23
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If you had responded to my rebuke, I would have poured out my heart to you and made my thoughts known to you.
Proverbs 1:24
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But since you rejected me when I called and no one gave heed when I stretched out my hand,
Proverbs 1:25
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since you ignored all my advice and would not accept my rebuke,
Proverbs 1:26
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I in turn will laugh at your disaster; I will mock when calamity overtakes you-
Proverbs 1:27
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when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you.
Proverbs 1:28
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"Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me.
Proverbs 1:29
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Since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the LORD ,
Proverbs 1:30
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since they would not accept my advice and spurned my rebuke,
Proverbs 1:31
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they will eat the fruit of their ways and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.
Proverbs 1:32
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For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them;
Proverbs 1:33
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but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm."
33 verses
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