Proverbs 1:1-11

¹THE PROVERBS of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

²To know wisdom and instruction; to comprehend the words of understanding;

³To receive the discipline of wisdom, justice, and right, and equity;

⁴To give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion;

⁵That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, and the man of understanding may attain unto wise counsels;

⁶To understand a proverb, and a figure; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

⁷The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and discipline.

⁸Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;

⁹For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

¹⁰My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

¹¹If they say: 'Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk for the innocent without cause;