## To Know Wisdom 

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The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: 

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To know wisdom and discipline, To understand the sayings of understanding, 

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To receive discipline _that leads to_ insight, Righteousness, justice, and equity, 

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To give prudence to the simple, To the youth knowledge and discretion; 

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Let the wise man hear and increase in learning, And a man of understanding will acquire guidance, 

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To understand a proverb and an enigma, The words of the wise and their riddles. 

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The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; Ignorant fools despise wisdom and discipline. 

## The Enticement of Sinners 

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Hear, my son, your father's discipline And do not abandon your mother's instruction; 

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For they are a garland of grace for your head And ornaments about your neck. 

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My son, if sinners entice you, Do not be willing. 

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If they say, "Come with us, Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us ambush the innocent without cause; 

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Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, And whole, as those who go down to the pit; 

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We will find all _kinds_ of precious wealth, We will fill our houses with spoil; 

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Cast in your lot with us, We shall all have one purse," 

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My son, do not walk in the way with them. Withhold your feet from their pathway, 

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For their feet run to evil And they hasten to shed blood. 

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For it is no use that a net is spread In the sight of any bird; 

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But they lie in wait for their own blood; They ambush their own lives. 

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So are the paths of everyone who is greedy for gain; It takes away the life of its possessors. 

## The Call of Wisdom 

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Wisdom shouts in the street, She gives forth her voice in the square; 

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At the head of the noisy _streets_ she calls out; At the entrance of the gates in the city she utters her sayings: 

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"How long, O simple ones, will you love simplicity? And scoffers delight in scoffing And fools hate knowledge? 

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Turn to my reproof, Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you. 

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Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention; 

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And you neglected all my counsel And were not willing to accept my reproof; 

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I will also laugh at your disaster; I will mock when your dread comes, 

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When your dread comes like a storm And your disaster comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you. 

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Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me earnestly but they will not find me, 

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Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of Yahweh. 

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They were not willing to accept my counsel, They spurned all my reproof. 

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So they shall eat of the fruit of their way And be satisfied with their own devices. 

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For the turning away of the simple will kill them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them. 

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But he who listens to me shall dwell securely And will be at ease from the dread of evil."