English Bible Presentation Sharing - Proverbs Book, chapter 1, verse 7 in Esv Version

Proverbs 1 : 1 (ESV)

The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:

Proverbs 1 : 2 (ESV)

To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight,

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to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity;

Proverbs 1 : 4 (ESV)

to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth-

Proverbs 1 : 5 (ESV)

Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance,

Proverbs 1 : 6 (ESV)

to understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles.

Proverbs 1 : 7 (ESV)

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 1 : 8 (ESV)

Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching,

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for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.

Proverbs 1 : 10 (ESV)

My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.

Proverbs 1 : 11 (ESV)

If they say, "Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without reason;

Proverbs 1 : 12 (ESV)

like Sheol let us swallow them alive, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;

Proverbs 1 : 13 (ESV)

we shall find all precious goods, we shall fill our houses with plunder;

Proverbs 1 : 14 (ESV)

throw in your lot among us; we will all have one purse"-

Proverbs 1 : 15 (ESV)

my son, do not walk in the way with them; hold back your foot from their paths,

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for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.

Proverbs 1 : 17 (ESV)

For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird,

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but these men lie in wait for their own blood; they set an ambush for their own lives.

Proverbs 1 : 19 (ESV)

Such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain; it takes away the life of its possessors.

Proverbs 1 : 20 (ESV)

Wisdom cries aloud in the street, in the markets she raises her voice;

Proverbs 1 : 21 (ESV)

at the head of the noisy streets she cries out; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:

Proverbs 1 : 22 (ESV)

"How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?

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If you turn at my reproof, behold, I will pour out my spirit to you; I will make my words known to you.

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Because I have called and you refused to listen, have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,

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because you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof,

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I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when terror strikes you,

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when terror strikes you like a storm and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.

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Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but will not find me.

Proverbs 1 : 29 (ESV)

Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD,

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would have none of my counsel and despised all my reproof,

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therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way, and have their fill of their own devices.

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For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them;

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but whoever listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of disaster."