| 1:1 | The proverbs <04912> of Solomon <08010> the son <01121> of David <01732>, king <04428> of Israel <03478>; |
| 1:2 | To know <03045> (8800) wisdom <02451> and instruction <04148>; to perceive <0995> (8687) the words <0561> of understanding <0998>; |
| 1:3 | To receive <03947> (8800) the instruction <04148> of wisdom <07919> (8687), justice <06664>, and judgment <04941>, and equity <04339>; {equity: Heb. equities} |
| 1:4 | To give <05414> (8800) subtilty <06195> to the simple <06612>, to the young man <05288> knowledge <01847> and discretion <04209>. {discretion: or, advisement} |
| 1:5 | A wise <02450> [man] will hear <08085> (8799), and will increase <03254> (8686) learning <03948>; and a man of understanding <0995> (8737) shall attain <07069> (8799) unto wise counsels <08458>: |
| 1:6 | To understand <0995> (8687) a proverb <04912>, and the interpretation <04426>; the words <01697> of the wise <02450>, and their dark sayings <02420>. {the interpretation: or, an eloquent speech} |
| 1:7 | The fear <03374> of the LORD <03068> [is] the beginning <07225> of knowledge <01847>: [but] fools <0191> despise <0936> (8804) wisdom <02451> and instruction <04148>. {the beginning: or, the principal part} |
| 1:8 | My son <01121>, hear <08085> (8798) the instruction <04148> of thy father <01>, and forsake <05203> (8799) not the law <08451> of thy mother <0517>: |
| 1:9 | For they [shall be] an ornament <03880> of grace <02580> unto thy head <07218>, and chains <06060> about thy neck <01621>. {an...: Heb. an adding} |
| 1:10 | My son <01121>, if sinners <02400> entice <06601> (8762) thee, consent <014> (8799) thou not. |
| 1:11 | If they say <0559> (8799), Come <03212> (8798) with us, let us lay wait <0693> (8799) for blood <01818>, let us lurk <06845> (8799) privily for the innocent <05355> without cause <02600>: |
| 1:12 | Let us swallow them up <01104> (8799) alive <02416> as the grave <07585>; and whole <08549>, as those that go down <03381> (8802) into the pit <0953>: |
| 1:13 | We shall find <04672> (8799) all precious <03368> substance <01952>, we shall fill <04390> (8762) our houses <01004> with spoil <07998>: |
| 1:14 | Cast <05307> (8686) in thy lot <01486> among <08432> us; let us all have one <0259> purse <03599>: |
| 1:15 | My son <01121>, walk <03212> (8799) not thou in the way <01870> with them; refrain <04513> (8798) thy foot <07272> from their path <05410>: |
| 1:16 | For their feet <07272> run <07323> (8799) to evil <07451>, and make haste <04116> (8762) to shed <08210> (8800) blood <01818>. |
| 1:17 | Surely in vain <02600> the net <07568> is spread <02219> (8794) in the sight <05869> of any bird <01167> <03671>. {in the...: Heb. in the eyes of every thing that hath a wing} |
| 1:18 | And they lay wait <0693> (8799) for their [own] blood <01818>; they lurk privily <06845> (8799) for their [own] lives <05315>. |
| 1:19 | So [are] the ways <0734> of every one that is greedy <01214> (8802) of gain <01215>; [which] taketh away <03947> (8799) the life <05315> of the owners <01167> thereof. |
| 1:20 | Wisdom <02454> crieth <07442> (8799) without <02351>; she uttereth <05414> (8799) her voice <06963> in the streets <07339>: {Wisdom: Heb. Wisdoms, that is, Excellent wisdom} |
| 1:21 | She crieth <07121> (8799) in the chief place <07218> of concourse <01993> (8802), in the openings <06607> of the gates <08179>: in the city <05892> she uttereth <0559> (8799) her words <0561>, [saying], |
| 1:22 | How long, ye simple ones <06612>, will ye love <0157> (8799) simplicity <06612>? and the scorners <03887> (8801) delight <02530> (8804) in their scorning <03944>, and fools <03684> hate <08130> (8799) knowledge <01847>? |
| 1:23 | Turn <07725> (8799) you at my reproof <08433>: behold, I will pour out <05042> (8686) my spirit <07307> unto you, I will make known <03045> (8686) my words <01697> unto you. |
| 1:24 | Because I have called <07121> (8804), and ye refused <03985> (8762); I have stretched out <05186> (8804) my hand <03027>, and no man regarded <07181> (8688); |
| 1:25 | But ye have set at nought <06544> (8799) all my counsel <06098>, and would <014> (8804) none of my reproof <08433>: |
| 1:26 | I also will laugh <07832> (8799) at your calamity <0343>; I will mock <03932> (8799) when your fear <06343> cometh <0935> (8800); |
| 1:27 | When your fear <06343> cometh <0935> (8800) as desolation <07722> (8675) <07584>, and your destruction <0343> cometh <0857> (8799) as a whirlwind <05492>; when distress <06869> and anguish <06695> cometh <0935> (8800) upon you. |
| 1:28 | Then shall they call <07121> (8799) upon me, but I will not answer <06030> (8799); they shall seek me early <07836> (8762), but they shall not find <04672> (8799) me: |
| 1:29 | For that they hated <08130> (8804) knowledge <01847>, and did not choose <0977> (8804) the fear <03374> of the LORD <03068>: |
| 1:30 | They would <014> (8804) none of my counsel <06098>: they despised <05006> (8804) all my reproof <08433>. |
| 1:31 | Therefore shall they eat <0398> (8799) of the fruit <06529> of their own way <01870>, and be filled <07646> (8799) with their own devices <04156>. |
| 1:32 | For the turning away <04878> of the simple <06612> shall slay <02026> (8799) them, and the prosperity <07962> of fools <03684> shall destroy <06> (8762) them. {turning...: or, ease of the simple} |
| 1:33 | But whoso hearkeneth <08085> (8802) unto me shall dwell <07931> (8799) safely <0983>, and shall be quiet <07599> (8768) from fear <06343> of evil <07451>. |
Proverbs 1 - AV with Strong Numbers
