Proverbs 1 (ARST)

1{ These are} the wise sayings said by Solomon.{ He was} David’ s son and Israel’ s king.These are the proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel,

2{ These wise sayings are} for knowing what is wise and instructive.{ They are} for understanding insightful things that people say.for gaining wisdom and discipline, for comprehending words of insight,

3{ These wise sayings are} for instructing someone about what is insightful, righteous, just, and honest.and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity.

4{ They are} for making naive people prudent, and{ for making} young people knowledgeable and discreet.To impart prudence to the simple and knowledge and discretion to the young,

5(Wise people will listen{ to these wise sayings} and learn more. Indeed, understanding people will know{ what to do} because these sayings will guide them.)let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel

6{ These wise sayings are} for understanding wise sayings and parables.{ Indeed, they are for understanding} what wise people say and the riddles they tell.by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.

7Reverently fearing Yahweh is necessary for being knowledgeable.{ But} foolish people detest what is wise or instructive.The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

8My child, listen carefully to what I, your father, am teaching you. Indeed, obey the rules that your mother has commanded.Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.

9{ Obey your parents’ teaching} because it{ will make you respectable, as if it} were an attractive wreath on your head, or beautiful necklaces around your neck.For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.

10My child, if sinful people tempt you{ to sin with them}, refuse{ to do so}.My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.

11Those sinful people may say,“Join us! We will hide and wait in order to kill someone{ who walks by}. Indeed, we will hide ourselves in order to suddenly attack an innocent person for no good reason.If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,

12We will kill living people completely, as if we were death itself.{ We will even kill} healthy people, as if they could not escape dying.let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.

13We will discover many valuable treasures! We will fill our houses with what we steal!We will find all manner of precious goods; we will fill our houses with plunder.

14Join our gang! We will share all the loot between us.”Throw in your lot with us; let us all share one purse”—

15My child, do not associate with those sinful people! Prevent yourself from doing anything they do!my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.

16{ Avoid those sinners} because they are eager to do wicked things. They even rush to murder people.For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.

17It is useless{ for a hunter} to put out a net{ to trap a bird} while the bird is watching{ because the bird will avoid the net}.How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!

18However,{ these sinful people are more foolish than birds.} They{ actually} hide in wait, so that they kill themselves. Indeed, they hide themselves to suddenly attack, so that they die.But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.

19That is what happens to anyone who gains wealth in an unjust manner. What they gained unjustly will kill them.Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.

20What is wise{ is like a woman who} calls out{ to everyone} in public. Indeed, what is wise{ is like a woman who} shouts{ to people} in crowded places.Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;

21Indeed, at the place where busy streets intersect she cries out. Indeed, at the{ crowded} entrance of the city gates she speaks.in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:

22She cries,“You naive people have loved being naive for too long! You people who ridicule have enjoyed ridiculing to benefit yourselves for too long! You foolish people have hated what you should know for too long!“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?

23Turn around{ and listen} to me when I correct you! Pay attention! I will tell you all that I am thinking. Indeed, I will help you understand what I am saying to you.If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you.

24I cried out{ to you}, but you refused{ to listen}. Indeed, I invited you to come to me, but no one paid any attention{ to me}.Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,

25You ignored everything I advised{ you to do}. Indeed, you rejected what I said to correct you.because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,

26Therefore, as for me, I will laugh at you when disastrous things happen to you. Indeed, I will ridicule you when you are terrified.in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,

27{ I will ridicule you} when you are terrified, as if a violent storm has arrived,{ when} disastrous things happen to you violently,{ and} when you become distressed and anguished!when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.

28At that time, those foolish people will cry out to me{ to help them}, but I will not reply{ to them}. Indeed, they will desperately try to find me, but they will not be able to.Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.

29{ Those foolish people will not find me} because they refuse to be knowledgeable. They have also decided not to reverently fear Yahweh.For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.

30Those foolish people rejected what I advised{ them to do}. Indeed, they detested everything I said to correct them.They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.

31Those foolish people will suffer rightly for what they have done. Indeed, they will suffer fully for what they have planned.So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

32Ultimately, naive people will die because they refuse{ to be wise}. Indeed, being complacent will destroy foolish people.For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

33By contrast, people who listen attentively to what I say will live safely. They will not fear that something evil might happen to them.”But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”

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