105 lines
3.1 KiB
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105 lines
3.1 KiB
Markdown
## 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.
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## 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.
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## 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."
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