<vn='1'>The <sn="4912">proverbs</s> of <sn="8010">Solomon</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>; </v>
<vn='2'>To <sn="3045">know</s><sn="2451">wisdom</s> and <sn="4148">instruction</s>; to <sn="995">perceive</s> the <sn="561">words</s> of <sn="998">understanding</s>; </v>
<vn='3'>To <sn="3947">receive</s> the <sn="4148">instruction</s> of <sn="7919">wisdom</s>, <sn="6664">justice</s>, and <sn="4941">judgment</s>, and <sn="4339">equity</s>; </v>
<vn='4'>To <sn="5414">give</s><sn="6195">subtlety</s> to the <sn="6612">simple</s>, to the young <sn="5288">man</s><sn="1847">knowledge</s> and <sn="4209">discretion</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>A <sn="2450">wise</s> man will <sn="8085">hear</s>, and will <sn="3254">increase</s><sn="3948">learning</s>; and a man of <sn="995">understanding</s> shall <sn="7069">attain</s> unto wise <sn="8458">counsels</s>: </v>
<vn='6'>To <sn="995">understand</s> a <sn="4912">proverb</s>, and the <sn="4426">interpretation</s>; the <sn="1697">words</s> of the <sn="2450">wise</s>, and their dark <sn="2420">sayings</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>The <sn="3374">fear</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> is the <sn="7225">beginning</s> of <sn="1847">knowledge</s>: but <sn="191">fools</s><sn="936">despise</s><sn="2451">wisdom</s> and <sn="4148">instruction</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>My <sn="1121">son</s>, <sn="8085">hear</s> the <sn="4148">instruction</s> of thy <sn="1">father</s>, and <sn="5203">forsake</s><sn="408">not</s> the <sn="8451">law</s> of thy <sn="517">mother</s>: </v>
<vn='9'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="1992">they</s> shall be an <sn="3880">ornament</s> of <sn="2580">grace</s> unto thy <sn="7218">head</s>, and <sn="6060">chains</s> about thy <sn="1621">neck</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="518">If</s> they <sn="559">say</s>, <sn="1980">Come</s><sn="854">with</s> us, let us lay <sn="693">wait</s> for <sn="1818">blood</s>, let us lurk <sn="6845">privily</s> for the <sn="5355">innocent</s> without <sn="2600">cause</s>: </v>
<vn='12'>Let us swallow them <sn="1104">up</s><sn="2416">alive</s> as the <sn="7585">grave</s>; and <sn="8549">whole</s>, as those that go <sn="3381">down</s> into the <sn="953">pit</s>: </v>
<vn='13'>We shall <sn="4672">find</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="3368">precious</s><sn="1952">substance</s>, we shall <sn="4390">fill</s> our <sn="1004">houses</s> with <sn="7998">spoil</s>: </v>
<vn='14'>Cast <sn="5307">in</s> thy <sn="1486">lot</s><sn="8432">among</s> us; let us <sn="3605">all</s><sn="1961">have</s><sn="259">one</s><sn="3599">purse</s>: </v>
<vn='15'>My <sn="1121">son</s>, <sn="1980">walk</s><sn="408">not</s> thou in the <sn="1870">way</s><sn="854">with</s> them; <sn="4513">refrain</s> thy <sn="7272">foot</s> from their <sn="4480 5410">path</s>: </v>
<vn='16'><sn="3588">For</s> their <sn="7272">feet</s><sn="7323">run</s> to <sn="7451">evil</s>, and make <sn="4116">haste</s> to <sn="8210">shed</s><sn="1818">blood</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="3588">Surely</s> in <sn="2600">vain</s> the <sn="7568">net</s> is <sn="2219">spread</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of <sn="3605">any</s><sn="1167 3671">bird</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And <sn="1992">they</s> lay <sn="693">wait</s> for their own <sn="1818">blood</s>; they lurk <sn="6845">privily</s> for their own <sn="5315">lives</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="3651">So</s> are the <sn="734">ways</s> of every <sn="3605">one</s> that is <sn="1214">greedy</s> of <sn="1215">gain</s>; which taketh <sn="3947">away</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5315">life</s> of the <sn="1167">owners</s> thereof. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="2454">Wisdom</s><sn="7442">crieth</s><sn="2351">without</s>; she <sn="5414">uttereth</s> her <sn="6963">voice</s> in the <sn="7339">streets</s>: </v>
<vn='21'>She <sn="7121">crieth</s> in the <sn="7218">chief</s> place of <sn="1993">concourse</s>, in the <sn="6607">openings</s> of the <sn="8179">gates</s>: in the <sn="5892">city</s> she <sn="559">uttereth</s> her <sn="561">words</s>, saying, </v>
<vn='22'>How <sn="5704 4970">long</s>, ye simple <sn="6612">ones</s>, will ye <sn="157">love</s><sn="6612">simplicity</s>? and the <sn="3887">scorners</s><sn="2530">delight</s> in their <sn="3944">scorning</s>, and <sn="3684">fools</s><sn="8130">hate</s><sn="1847">knowledge</s>? </v>
<vn='23'><sn="7725">Turn</s> you at my <sn="8433">reproof</s>: <sn="2009">behold</s>, I will pour <sn="5042">out</s> my <sn="7307">spirit</s> unto you, I will make <sn="3045">known</s> my <sn="1697">words</s> unto you. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="3282">Because</s> I have <sn="7121">called</s>, and ye <sn="3985">refused</s>; I have stretched <sn="5186">out</s> my <sn="3027">hand</s>, and no <sn="369">man</s><sn="7181">regarded</s>; </v>
<vn='25'>But ye have set at <sn="6544">naught</s><sn="3605">all</s> my <sn="6098">counsel</s>, and <sn="14">would</s><sn="3808">none</s> of my <sn="8433">reproof</s>: </v>
<vn='26'><sn="589">I</s><sn="1571">also</s> will <sn="7832">laugh</s> at your <sn="343">calamity</s>; I will <sn="3932">mock</s> when your <sn="6343">fear</s><sn="935">cometh</s>; </v>
<vn='27'>When your <sn="6343">fear</s><sn="935">cometh</s> as <sn="7722">desolation</s>, and your <sn="343">destruction</s><sn="857">cometh</s> as a <sn="5492">whirlwind</s>; when <sn="6869">distress</s> and <sn="6695">anguish</s><sn="935">cometh</s><sn="5921">upon</s> you. </v>
<vn='28'><sn="227">Then</s> shall they call <sn="7121">upon</s> me, but I will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6030">answer</s>; they shall seek me <sn="7836">early</s>, but they shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4672">find</s> me: </v>
<vn='29'>For <sn="8478 3588">that</s> they <sn="8130">hated</s><sn="1847">knowledge</s>, and did <sn="3808">not</s><sn="977">choose</s> the <sn="3374">fear</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: </v>
<vn='30'>They <sn="14">would</s><sn="3808">none</s> of my <sn="6098">counsel</s>: they <sn="5006">despised</s><sn="3605">all</s> my <sn="8433">reproof</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>Therefore shall they <sn="398">eat</s> of the <sn="4480 6529">fruit</s> of their own <sn="1870">way</s>, and be <sn="7646">filled</s> with their own <sn="4480 4156">devices</s>. </v>
<vn='32'><sn="3588">For</s> the turning <sn="4878">away</s> of the <sn="6612">simple</s> shall <sn="2026">slay</s> them, and the <sn="7962">prosperity</s> of <sn="3684">fools</s> shall <sn="6">destroy</s> them. </v>
<vn='33'>But whoso <sn="8085">hearkeneth</s> unto me shall <sn="7931">dwell</s><sn="983">safely</s>, and shall be <sn="7599">quiet</s> from <sn="4480 6343">fear</s> of <sn="7451">evil</s>. </v>