| 1. The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, [are]; |
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א. |
| 2. To know wisdom and discipline, to comprehend words of understanding; |
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ב. |
| 3. To receive the discipline of wisdom, righteousness, justice, and equity; |
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ג. |
| 4. To give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth. |
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ד. |
| 5. Let the wise man hear and increase learning. The understanding man shall acquire wise counsels |
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ה. |
| 6. to understand an allegory and a figure, the words of the wise and their riddles. |
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ו. |
| 7. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and discipline. |
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ז. |
| 8. Hearken, my son, to the discipline of your father, and do not forsake the instruction of your mother; |
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ח. |
| 9. for they are a wreath of grace for your head and a necklace for your neck. |
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ט. |
| 10. My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent; |
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י. |
| 11. if they say, "Come with us; let us lie in wait for blood; let us hide for the innocent, without cause; |
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יא. |
| 12. let us swallow them up alive like the grave, and the whole ones like those who descend into the pit. |
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יב. |
| 13. We will find all precious possessions; we will fill our houses with plunder. |
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יג. |
| 14. Cast your lot among us; we will all have one purse" |
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יד. |
| 15. my son, do not go on the way with them; restrain your foot from their path, |
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טו. |
| 16. for their feet run to evil, and they hasten to shed blood. |
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טז. |
| 17. For the net is scattered without cause in the eyes of all winged fowl, |
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יז. |
| 18. but they lie in wait for their blood; they hide for their lives. |
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יח. |
| 19. So are the ways of everyone who commits robbery; it will take away the life of its owner. |
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יט. |
| 20. Wisdoms shout in the street; in the squares she gives forth her voice. |
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כ. |
| 21. She calls at the head of the noisy streets; she utters her words at the entrances of the gates in the city; |
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כא. |
| 22. "How long will you naive ones love naivete, and the scoffers covet scoffing, and the fools hate knowledge? |
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כב. |
| 23. You shall repent because of my reproof; behold! I will pour out my spirit to you; I will let you know my words. |
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כג. |
| 24. Since I called you and you refused, I stretched out my hand and no one listened, |
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כד. |
| 25. and you have made nothing of all my advice, and you did not desire my reproof |
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כה. |
| 26. I, too, will laugh at your calamity, I will scoff when what you fear comes; |
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כו. |
| 27. when your fear comes like a storm, and your calamity comes like a whirlwind; when trouble and straits come upon you. |
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כז. |
| 28. Then they will call me, and I will not answer; they shall seek me, and they shall not find me. |
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כח. |
| 29. Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord; |
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כט. |
| 30. they did not desire my advice, they despised all my reproof- |
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ל. |
| 31. they will eat of the fruit of their way, and from their counsels they will be sated, |
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לא. |
| 32. for the backsliding of the naive shall slay them, and the tranquility of the fools shall cause them to perish. |
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לב. |
| 33. But he who hearkens to me shall dwell confidently and shall be tranquil from the fear of harm." |
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לג. |
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