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1 These are the wise sayings said by Solomon. He was David’s son and Israel’s king.
2 These wise sayings are for knowing what is wise and instructive.
They are for understanding insightful things that people say.
3 These wise sayings are for instructing someone in what is insightful,
righteous, just, and honest.
4 They are for making naive people prudent,
and for making young men knowledgeable and discreet.
5 (Wise people will listen to these wise sayings and learn more.
Indeed, understanding people will know what to do because these sayings will guide them.)
6 These wise sayings are for understanding wise sayings and parables.
Indeed, they are for understanding what wise people say and the riddles they tell.
7 Reverently fearing Yahweh is necessary for being knowledgeable.
But foolish people detest what is wise or instructive.
8 My son, listen carefully to what I, your father, am teaching you.
Indeed, obey the rules that your mother has commanded.
9 Obey your parents’ teaching because it will make you respectable, as if it were an attractive wreath on your head,
or beautiful necklaces around your neck.
10 My son, if sinful people tempt you to sin with them,
refuse to do so.
11 Those sinful people may say, “Join us!
We will hide in wait in order to kill someone who walks by.
Indeed, we will hide ourselves in order to suddenly attack an innocent person for no good reason.
12 We will kill living people completely, as if we were death itself.
We will even kill healthy people, as if they could not escape dying.
13 We will discover many valuable treasures!
We will fill our houses with what we steal!
14 Join our gang!
We will share all the loot between us.”
15 My son, do not associate with those sinful people!
Prevent yourself from doing anything they do!
16 Avoid those sinners because they are eager to do wicked things.
They even rush to murder people.
17 It is useless for a hunter to put out a net to trap a bird
while the bird is watching because the bird will avoid the net.
18 However, these sinful people are more foolish than birds. They actually hide in wait, so that they kill themselves.
Indeed, they hide themselves to suddenly attack, so that they die.
19 That is what happens to anyone who gains wealth in an unjust manner.
What they gained unjustly will kill them.
20 Wisdom is like a woman who calls out to everyone in public.
Indeed, wisdom is like a woman who shouts to people in the crowded places.
21 Indeed, at the place where busy streets intersect she cries out.
Indeed, at the crowded entrance of the city gates she speaks.
22 She cries, “You naive people have loved being naive for too long!
You people who ridicule have enjoyed ridiculing to benefit yourselves for too long!
You stupid people have hated what you should know for too long!
23 Turn around and listen to me when I correct you!
Pay attention! I will tell you all that I am thinking.
Indeed, I will help you understand what I am saying to you.
24 I cried out to you, but you refused to listen.
Indeed, I invited you to come to me,
but no one paid any attention to me.
25 You ignored everything I advised you to do.
Indeed, you rejected what I said to correct you.
26 Therefore, as for me, I will laugh at you when disastrous things happen to you.
Indeed, I will ridicule you when you are terrified.
27 When you are terrified, as if a violent storm has arrived,
when disastrous things happen to you violently,
when you become distressed and anguished, I will ridicule you!
28 At that time, those foolish people will cry out to me to help them,
but I will not reply to them.
Indeed, they will desperately try to find me,
but they will not be able to.
29 Those foolish people will not find me because they refuse to be knowledgeable.
They have also decided not to reverently fear Yahweh.
30 Those foolish people rejected what I advised them to do.
Indeed, they detested everything I said to correct them.
31 Those foolish people will suffer rightly for what they have done.
Indeed, they will suffer fully for what they have planned.
32 Ultimately, naive people will die because they refuse to be wise.
Indeed, being complacent will destroy stupid people.
33 By contrast, people who listen attentively to what I say will live safely.
They will not fear that something evil might happen to them.”
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