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1The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
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2To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
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3To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
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4To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
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5A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
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6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
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7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
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9For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
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10My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
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11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
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12Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
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13We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
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14Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
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15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
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16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
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17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
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18And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
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19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
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20Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
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21She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
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22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
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23Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
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24Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
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25But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
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26I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
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27When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
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28Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
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29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
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30They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
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31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
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32For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
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33But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
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Proverbs 10:1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is t...1 Chronicles 22:9Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give...1 Chronicles 28:5And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solom...Ecclesiastes 1:1The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.Proverbs 25:1These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copi...
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Proverbs 7:4Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:Deuteronomy 4:5Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God comman...Proverbs 8:5O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.2 Timothy 3:15And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to mak...Proverbs 17:16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath n...
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Proverbs 2:1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;Job 22:22Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine hear...1 Kings 3:28And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared...Proverbs 8:10Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
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Proverbs 8:5O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.Psalms 119:9Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according...Proverbs 8:17I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.Psalms 119:130The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.Proverbs 9:4Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding,...
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Proverbs 12:1Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish...Proverbs 9:9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and...1 Corinthians 10:15I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.Job 34:16If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.Job 34:10Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he...
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Psalms 78:2I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:Mark 4:11And he said unto them,Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of...Hebrews 5:14But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason...Psalms 49:4I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.Mark 4:34But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expou...
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Job 28:28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depar...Psalms 111:10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all t...Ecclesiastes 12:13¶ Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his command...Proverbs 9:10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy i...Proverbs 15:33The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility...
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Proverbs 6:20¶ My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:Proverbs 30:17The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens...Proverbs 5:1My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:Proverbs 2:1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;Leviticus 19:3¶ Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am...
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Daniel 5:29Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain...Proverbs 4:9She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she de...Genesis 41:42And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and...Proverbs 3:22So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.Proverbs 6:20¶ My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
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Ephesians 5:11And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove...Proverbs 16:29A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not g...Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth...Proverbs 13:20He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be d...Romans 16:18For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and...
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Proverbs 1:18And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.Jeremiah 5:26For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snar...Proverbs 12:6The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the uprig...Jeremiah 18:18¶ Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law...Proverbs 1:16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
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Psalms 124:3Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:Psalms 28:1Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be sile...Lamentations 2:16All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the...Romans 3:13Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the...Numbers 16:30But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them...
Cross References
Proverbs 1:1
Proverbs 10:1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is t...1 Chronicles 22:9Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give...1 Chronicles 28:5And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solom...Ecclesiastes 1:1The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.Proverbs 25:1These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copi...
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Proverbs 7:4Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:Deuteronomy 4:5Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God comman...Proverbs 8:5O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.2 Timothy 3:15And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to mak...Proverbs 17:16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath n...
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Proverbs 2:1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;Job 22:22Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine hear...1 Kings 3:28And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared...Proverbs 8:10Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
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Proverbs 8:5O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.Psalms 119:9Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according...Proverbs 8:17I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.Psalms 119:130The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.Proverbs 9:4Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding,...
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Proverbs 12:1Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish...Proverbs 9:9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and...1 Corinthians 10:15I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.Job 34:16If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.Job 34:10Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he...
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Psalms 78:2I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:Mark 4:11And he said unto them,Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of...Hebrews 5:14But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason...Psalms 49:4I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.Mark 4:34But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expou...
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Job 28:28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depar...Psalms 111:10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all t...Ecclesiastes 12:13¶ Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his command...Proverbs 9:10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy i...Proverbs 15:33The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility...
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Proverbs 6:20¶ My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:Proverbs 30:17The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens...Proverbs 5:1My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:Proverbs 2:1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;Leviticus 19:3¶ Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am...
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Daniel 5:29Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain...Proverbs 4:9She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she de...Genesis 41:42And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and...Proverbs 3:22So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.Proverbs 6:20¶ My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
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Ephesians 5:11And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove...Proverbs 16:29A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not g...Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth...Proverbs 13:20He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be d...Romans 16:18For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and...
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Proverbs 1:18And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.Jeremiah 5:26For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snar...Proverbs 12:6The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the uprig...Jeremiah 18:18¶ Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law...Proverbs 1:16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
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Psalms 124:3Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:Psalms 28:1Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be sile...Lamentations 2:16All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the...Romans 3:13Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the...Numbers 16:30But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them...