Proverbs
| Author: The main writers and collectors are Solomon (1:1; 10:1; 25:1; cf. 1 Kings 4:32; Eccl. 12:9) and Hezekiah (25:1), who added some proverbs of the forefathers in chs. 25—29. Chapter 30 is attributed to Agur, and ch. 31 to King Lemuel; nothing definite is known concerning either man.Time of Writing: About 1000 B.C. (Solomon's portion, chs. 1—24) and about 700 B.C. (Hezekiah's portion, chs. 25—29). The time of writing for chs. 30—31 is unknown.Place of Writing: Probably Jerusalem. |
For discerning words of understanding;Prov.|1:3|-|For receiving instruction in wise conduct,
Righteousness, justice, and equity;Prov.|1:4|-|For giving prudence to the simple,
Knowledge and discretion to the young man;Prov.|1:5|-|That the wise man may hear and increase in learning,
And he who has understanding may acquire sound counsel;Prov.|1:6|-|For understanding proverb and figure,
The words of the wise and their difficult sayings.Prov.|1:7|-|The
Fools despise wisdom and instruction.Prov.|1:8|-|Hear, my son, the instruction of your
And do not reject the teaching of yourProv.|1:9|-|For they will be a wreath of grace for your head|1|mother;
And ornaments for your neck.Prov.|1:10|-|My son, if sinners entice you,
Do not consent.Prov.|1:11|-|If they say, Come with us; let us lie in wait for blood;
Let us ambush the innocent without cause;Prov.|1:12|-|Let us swallow them alive like
And whole, like those who go down into the pit.Prov.|1:13|-|We will find all manner of precious goods;
We will fill our houses with booty;Prov.|1:14|-|Throw in your lot with us;
We will all have one purse—Prov.|1:15|-|My son, do not walk with them on this way;
Keep your foot from their path.Prov.|1:16|-|For their
And they hasten to shed blood.Prov.|1:17|-|For in vain is the net spread
In the eyes of any bird;Prov.|1:18|-|Yet they lie in wait for their own blood;
They ambush their own lives!Prov.|1:19|-|Such are the ways of everyone greedy for gain;
It takes away the life of its owners.Prov.|1:20|-|
Prov.|1:21|-|At the head of the tumultuous street she cries;|2|She utters her voice in the open squares.
At the entrance of the gates in the city she utters her sayings:Prov.|1:22|-|How long, O simple ones, will you love simpleness,
And will scoffers delight themselves in scoffing,And will fools hate knowledge?
Immediately I willI will make my words known to you.|a|pour out my spirit on you;
I stretched out my hand and no one heeded,Prov.|1:25|-|And you neglected all my counsel
And would have none of my reproof;Prov.|1:26|-|I also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when what you dread comes,Prov.|1:27|-|When what you dread comes like a storm,
And your calamity comes like a whirlwind,When distress and anguish come upon you.
They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.Prov.|1:29|-|Because they hated knowledge
And did not choose the fear of Jehovah,Prov.|1:30|-|And would have none of my counsel
And despised all my reproof;Prov.|1:31|-|They shall eat of the fruit of their own way
And be filled with their own devices.Prov.|1:32|-|For the turning away of the simple will kill them,
And the prosperity of the foolish will cause them to perish;Prov.|1:33|-|But he who listens to me will dwell securely
And will live at ease, without the dread of evil.