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Proverbs 1:1-25

1:1

The proverbs
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of Solomon
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the son
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of David
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king
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of Israel
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1:2

To know
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wisdom
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and instruction
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to perceive
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the words
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of understanding
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1:3

To receive
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the instruction
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of wisdom
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justice
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and judgment
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and equity
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{equity: Heb. equities}

1:4

To give
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subtilty
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to the simple
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to the young man
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knowledge
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and discretion
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{discretion: or, advisement}

1:5

A wise
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[man] will hear
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and will increase
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learning
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and a man of understanding
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shall attain
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unto wise counsels
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1:6

To understand
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a proverb
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and the interpretation
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the words
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of the wise
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and their dark sayings
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{the interpretation: or, an eloquent speech}

1:7

The fear
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of the LORD
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[is] the beginning
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of knowledge
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[but] fools
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despise
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wisdom
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and instruction
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{the beginning: or, the principal part}

1:8

My son
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hear
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the instruction
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of thy father
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and forsake
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not the law
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of thy mother
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1:9

For they [shall be] an ornament
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of grace
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unto thy head
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and chains
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about thy neck
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{an...: Heb. an adding}

1:10

My son
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if sinners
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entice
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thee, consent
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thou not.

1:11

If they say
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Come
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with us, let us lay wait
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for blood
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let us lurk
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privily for the innocent
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without cause
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1:12

Let us swallow them up
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alive
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as the grave
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and whole
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as those that go down
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into the pit
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1:13

We shall find
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all precious
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substance
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we shall fill
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our houses
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with spoil
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1:14

Cast
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in thy lot
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among
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us; let us all have one
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purse
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1:15

My son
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walk
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not thou in the way
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with them; refrain
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thy foot
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from their path
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1:16

For their feet
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run
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to evil
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and make haste
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to shed
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blood
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1:17

Surely in vain
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the net
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is spread
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in the sight
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of any bird
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{in the...: Heb. in the eyes of every thing that hath a wing}

1:18

And they lay wait
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for their [own] blood
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they lurk privily
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for their [own] lives
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1:19

So [are] the ways
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of every one that is greedy
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of gain
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[which] taketh away
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the life
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of the owners
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thereof.

1:20

Wisdom
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crieth
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without
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she uttereth
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her voice
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in the streets
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{Wisdom: Heb. Wisdoms, that is, Excellent wisdom}

1:21

She crieth
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in the chief place
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of concourse
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in the openings
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of the gates
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in the city
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she uttereth
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her words
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[saying],

1:22

How long, ye simple ones
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will ye love
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simplicity
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and the scorners
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delight
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in their scorning
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and fools
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hate
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knowledge
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1:23

Turn
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you at my reproof
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behold, I will pour out
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my spirit
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unto you, I will make known
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my words
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unto you.

1:24

Because I have called
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and ye refused
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I have stretched out
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my hand
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and no man regarded
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1:25

But ye have set at nought
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all my counsel
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and would
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none of my reproof
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