Proverbs 1 (BSB)
1 These are the proverbs of Solomon son of David,king of Israel, 2 for gaining wisdom and discipline,for comprehending words of insight, 3 and for receiving instruction in wise livingand in righteousness, justice, and equity. 4 To impart prudence to the simple and knowledge and discretion to the young, 5 let the wise listen and gain instruction,and the discerning acquire wise counsel 6 by understanding the proverbs and parables,the sayings and riddles of the wise. 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge,but fools despise wisdom and discipline. 8 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction,and do not forsake the teaching of your mother. 9 For they are a garland of grace on your headand a pendant around your neck. 10 My son, if sinners entice you,do not yield to them. 11 If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood,let us ambush the innocent without cause, 12 let us swallow them alive like Sheol,and whole like those descending into the Pit. 13 We will find all manner of precious goods;we will fill our houses with plunder. 14 Throw in your lot with us;let us all share one purse”— 15 my son, do not walk the road with themor set foot upon their path. 16 For their feet run to evil,and they are swift to shed blood. 17 How futile it is to spread the netwhere any bird can see it! 18 But they lie in wait for their own blood;they ambush their own lives. 19 Such is the fate of all who are greedy,whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors. 20 Wisdom calls out in the street,she lifts her voice in the square; 21 in the main concourse she cries aloud,at the city gates she makes her speech: 22 “How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways?How long will scoffers delight in their scornand fools hate knowledge? 23 If you had repented at my rebuke,then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you;I would have made my words known to you. 24 Because you refused my call,and no one took my outstretched hand, 25 because you neglected all my counsel,and wanted none of my correction, 26 in turn I will mock your calamity;I will sneer when terror strikes you, 27 when your dread comes like a storm,and your destruction like a whirlwind,when distress and anguish overwhelm you. 28 Then they will call on me, but I will not answer;they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me. 29 For they hated knowledgeand chose not to fear the LORD. 30 They accepted none of my counsel;they despised all my reproof. 31 So they will eat the fruit of their own way,and be filled with their own devices. 32 For the waywardness of the simple will slay them,and the complacency of fools will destroy them. 33 But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety,secure from the fear of evil.”
In Other Versions
Proverbs 1 in the ANGEFD
Proverbs 1 in the ANTPNG2D
Proverbs 1 in the AS21
Proverbs 1 in the BAGH
Proverbs 1 in the BBPNG
Proverbs 1 in the BBT1E
Proverbs 1 in the BDS
Proverbs 1 in the BEV
Proverbs 1 in the BHAD
Proverbs 1 in the BIB
Proverbs 1 in the BLPT
Proverbs 1 in the BNT
Proverbs 1 in the BNTABOOT
Proverbs 1 in the BNTLV
Proverbs 1 in the BOATCB
Proverbs 1 in the BOATCB2
Proverbs 1 in the BOBCV
Proverbs 1 in the BOCNT
Proverbs 1 in the BOECS
Proverbs 1 in the BOGWICC
Proverbs 1 in the BOHCB
Proverbs 1 in the BOHCV
Proverbs 1 in the BOHLNT
Proverbs 1 in the BOHNTLTAL
Proverbs 1 in the BOICB
Proverbs 1 in the BOILNTAP
Proverbs 1 in the BOITCV
Proverbs 1 in the BOKCV
Proverbs 1 in the BOKCV2
Proverbs 1 in the BOKHWOG
Proverbs 1 in the BOKSSV
Proverbs 1 in the BOLCB
Proverbs 1 in the BOLCB2
Proverbs 1 in the BOMCV
Proverbs 1 in the BONAV
Proverbs 1 in the BONCB
Proverbs 1 in the BONLT
Proverbs 1 in the BONUT2
Proverbs 1 in the BOPLNT
Proverbs 1 in the BOSCB
Proverbs 1 in the BOSNC
Proverbs 1 in the BOTLNT
Proverbs 1 in the BOVCB
Proverbs 1 in the BOYCB
Proverbs 1 in the BPBB
Proverbs 1 in the BPH
Proverbs 1 in the CCB
Proverbs 1 in the CUV
Proverbs 1 in the CUVS
Proverbs 1 in the DBT
Proverbs 1 in the DGDNT
Proverbs 1 in the DHNT
Proverbs 1 in the DNT
Proverbs 1 in the ELBE
Proverbs 1 in the EMTV
Proverbs 1 in the ESV
Proverbs 1 in the FBV
Proverbs 1 in the FEB
Proverbs 1 in the GGMNT
Proverbs 1 in the GNT
Proverbs 1 in the HARY
Proverbs 1 in the HNT
Proverbs 1 in the IRVA
Proverbs 1 in the IRVB
Proverbs 1 in the IRVG
Proverbs 1 in the IRVH
Proverbs 1 in the IRVK
Proverbs 1 in the IRVM
Proverbs 1 in the IRVM2
Proverbs 1 in the IRVO
Proverbs 1 in the IRVP
Proverbs 1 in the IRVT
Proverbs 1 in the IRVT2
Proverbs 1 in the IRVU
Proverbs 1 in the ISVN
Proverbs 1 in the JSNT
Proverbs 1 in the KAPI
Proverbs 1 in the KBT1ETNIK
Proverbs 1 in the KBV
Proverbs 1 in the KJV
Proverbs 1 in the KNFD
Proverbs 1 in the LBA
Proverbs 1 in the LBLA
Proverbs 1 in the LNT
Proverbs 1 in the LSV
Proverbs 1 in the MAAL
Proverbs 1 in the MBV
Proverbs 1 in the MBV2
Proverbs 1 in the MHNT
Proverbs 1 in the MKNFD
Proverbs 1 in the MNG
Proverbs 1 in the MNT
Proverbs 1 in the MNT2
Proverbs 1 in the MRS1T
Proverbs 1 in the NAA
Proverbs 1 in the NASB
Proverbs 1 in the NBLA
Proverbs 1 in the NBS
Proverbs 1 in the NBVTP
Proverbs 1 in the NET2
Proverbs 1 in the NIV11
Proverbs 1 in the NNT
Proverbs 1 in the NNT2
Proverbs 1 in the NNT3
Proverbs 1 in the PDDPT
Proverbs 1 in the PFNT
Proverbs 1 in the RMNT
Proverbs 1 in the SBIAS
Proverbs 1 in the SBIBS
Proverbs 1 in the SBIBS2
Proverbs 1 in the SBICS
Proverbs 1 in the SBIDS
Proverbs 1 in the SBIGS
Proverbs 1 in the SBIHS
Proverbs 1 in the SBIIS
Proverbs 1 in the SBIIS2
Proverbs 1 in the SBIIS3
Proverbs 1 in the SBIKS
Proverbs 1 in the SBIKS2
Proverbs 1 in the SBIMS
Proverbs 1 in the SBIOS
Proverbs 1 in the SBIPS
Proverbs 1 in the SBISS
Proverbs 1 in the SBITS
Proverbs 1 in the SBITS2
Proverbs 1 in the SBITS3
Proverbs 1 in the SBITS4
Proverbs 1 in the SBIUS
Proverbs 1 in the SBIVS
Proverbs 1 in the SBT
Proverbs 1 in the SBT1E
Proverbs 1 in the SCHL
Proverbs 1 in the SNT
Proverbs 1 in the SUSU
Proverbs 1 in the SUSU2
Proverbs 1 in the SYNO
Proverbs 1 in the TBIAOTANT
Proverbs 1 in the TBT1E
Proverbs 1 in the TBT1E2
Proverbs 1 in the TFTIP
Proverbs 1 in the TFTU
Proverbs 1 in the TGNTATF3T
Proverbs 1 in the THAI
Proverbs 1 in the TNFD
Proverbs 1 in the TNT
Proverbs 1 in the TNTIK
Proverbs 1 in the TNTIL
Proverbs 1 in the TNTIN
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Proverbs 1 in the TNTIZ
Proverbs 1 in the TOMA
Proverbs 1 in the TTENT
Proverbs 1 in the UBG
Proverbs 1 in the UGV
Proverbs 1 in the UGV2
Proverbs 1 in the UGV3
Proverbs 1 in the VBL
Proverbs 1 in the VDCC
Proverbs 1 in the YALU
Proverbs 1 in the YAPE
Proverbs 1 in the YBVTP
Proverbs 1 in the ZBP
