Proverbs Chapter 1
Proverbs is the 20th book in the Holy Bible.
This page contains Proverbs 1:1 to Proverbs 1:9.
Browse to all the verses of Proverbs by clicking the page number below the chapter list.
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Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
Proverbs 1:2
To know wisdom and instruction, To discern the sayings of understanding,
Proverbs 1:3
To receive instruction in wise behavior, Righteousness, justice and equity;
Proverbs 1:4
To give prudence to the naive, To the youth knowledge and discretion,
Proverbs 1:5
A wise man will hear and increase in learning, And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel,
Proverbs 1:6
To understand a proverb and a figure, The words of the wise and their riddles.
Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:8
Hear, my son, your father's instruction And do not forsake your mother's teaching;
Proverbs 1:9
Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head And ornaments about your neck.
Proverbs 1:10
My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent.
Proverbs 1:11
If they say, "Come with us, Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us ambush the innocent without cause;
Proverbs 1:12
Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, Even whole, as those who go down to the pit;
Proverbs 1:13
We will find all kinds of precious wealth, We will fill our houses with spoil;
Proverbs 1:14
Throw in your lot with us, We shall all have one purse,"
Proverbs 1:15
My son, do not walk in the way with them. Keep your feet from their path,
Proverbs 1:16
For their feet run to evil And they hasten to shed blood.
Proverbs 1:17
Indeed, it is useless to spread the baited net In the sight of any bird;
Proverbs 1:18
But they lie in wait for their own blood; They ambush their own lives.
Proverbs 1:19
So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence; It takes away the life of its possessors.
Proverbs 1:20
Wisdom shouts in the street, She lifts her voice in the square;
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