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1 These are the proverbs collected by King Solomon of Israel (King David’s son):
2 These will help you to know wisdom and instruction,
≈and to comprehend sayings that give understanding.
and to understand what’s right and leads to justice and integrity.
4 They give good advice to those who’re naive—
≈teaching knowledge and discretion to young people.
5 Let wise people also listen to these sayings to keep learning more,
and discerning people can acquire guidance—
6 understanding proverbs and parables—
7 Deciding to obey Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge.
Fools despise wisdom and being told what they should do.[ref]
8 My child, listen to your father’s instructions.
≈Don’t reject what your mother has told you to do,
9 because their teaching is like a graceful garland to wear on your head,
≈or like beautiful necklaces to wear around your neck.
10 My child, if evil people tempt you to join them, don’t agree to it. 11 If they say,
“Come with us. We’ll find someone to kill—
≈we’ll hide and ambush an innocent person just for fun.
12 Let’s swallow innocent people just like the grave does,
≈and healthy people just like those going down to the pit.
13 We’ll find lots of valuable loot.
≈We’ll fill our houses with what we take.
14 You need to come and join us—
we share everything equally.”
15 My child, don’t follow their ways.
≈Keep your foot away from their path
16 because their feet run towards evil,
and they rush to pour out blood.
17 Surely it would be a waste of time
to spread out a net while the bird is watching,
18 but they lie in wait for their own blood—
they ambush their own lives.
19 That’s what happens to anyone who gains wealth illegally—
20 Wisdom calls out loudly on the street—
≈she makes her voice known in the plazas.[ref]
21 She calls out from above the busy streets.
≈She tells her sayings at the meeting place at the city gates.
22 How much longer will naive people love their naivety,
≈and mockers enjoy their mockery,
≈and stupid people despise knowledge?
23 Change your ways when I correct you.
Listen, I’ll pour my spirit out on you all.
Let me declare my messages to you all
24 because I’ve called and you’ve all refused to listen.
≈I held out my hand but no one paid any attention
25 and you all ignored all my advice
and took no notice when I corrected you.
26 So I’ll laugh when calamity hits you all
and I’ll ridicule you when you’re all terrified
27 when panic strikes you all like a storm
and calamity comes like a whirlwind
and when trouble and anguish reach you all.
28 Then they’ll call out to me for help but I won’t answer.
≈They’ll search for me but won’t be able to find me
≈and didn’t choose to respect and obey Yahweh.
30 They didn’t listen to my advice.
≈They didn’t want to hear whenever I corrected them,
31 so they’ll eat the fruit of their own chosen path
≈and they’ll be filled with their own schemes.
32 Naive people will get killed as a result of their own turning away,
≈and the fools’ own complacency will destroy them.
33 However, those who listen to me will have secure lives
and be able to relax without worrying about troubles coming.
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