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The Usefulness of Proverbs |
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| Proverbs 1:1 |
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The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king
of Israel: |
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| Proverbs 1:2 |
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To know wisdom and instruction, To discern the
sayings of understanding, |
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| Proverbs 1:3 |
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To receive instruction in wise behavior, Righteousness,
justice and equity; |
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| Proverbs 1:4 |
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To give prudence to the naive, To the youth
knowledge and discretion, |
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| Proverbs 1:5 |
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A wise man will hear and increase in learning,
And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel, |
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| Proverbs 1:6 |
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To understand a proverb and a figure, The words
of the wise and their riddles. |
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| Proverbs 1:7 |
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The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge;
Fools despise wisdom and instruction. |
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The Enticement of Sinners |
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| Proverbs 1:8 |
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Hear, my son, your father's instruction And
do not forsake your mother's teaching; |
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| Proverbs 1:9 |
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Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head
And ornaments about your neck. |
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| Proverbs 1:10 |
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My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent. |
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| Proverbs 1:11 |
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If they say, "Come with us, Let us lie in wait
for blood, Let us ambush the innocent without cause; |
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| Proverbs 1:12 |
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Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, Even whole,
as those who go down to the pit; |
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| Proverbs 1:13 |
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We will find all kinds of precious wealth, We
will fill our houses with spoil; |
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| Proverbs 1:14 |
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Throw in your lot with us, We shall all have
one purse," |
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| Proverbs 1:15 |
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My son, do not walk in the way with them. Keep
your feet from their path, |
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| Proverbs 1:16 |
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For their feet run to evil And they hasten to
shed blood. |
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| Proverbs 1:17 |
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Indeed, it is useless to spread the baited net
In the sight of any bird; |
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| Proverbs 1:18 |
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But they lie in wait for their own blood; They
ambush their own lives. |
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| Proverbs 1:19 |
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So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence;
It takes away the life of its possessors. |
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Wisdom Warns |
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| Proverbs 1:20 |
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Wisdom shouts in the street, She lifts her voice
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| Proverbs 1:21 |
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At the head of the noisy streets she cries out;
At the entrance of the gates in the city she utters her sayings: |
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| Proverbs 1:22 |
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"How long, O naive ones, will you love being
simple-minded? And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing And fools hate knowledge?
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| Proverbs 1:23 |
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"Turn to my reproof, Behold, I will pour out
my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you. |
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| Proverbs 1:24 |
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"Because I called and you refused, I stretched
out my hand and no one paid attention; |
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| Proverbs 1:25 |
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And you neglected all my counsel And did not
want my reproof; |
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| Proverbs 1:26 |
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I will also laugh at your calamity; I will mock
when your dread comes, |
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| Proverbs 1:27 |
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When your dread comes like a storm And your
calamity comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you. |
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| Proverbs 1:28 |
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"Then they will call on me, but I will not answer;
They will seek me diligently but they will not find me, |
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| Proverbs 1:29 |
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Because they hated knowledge And did not choose
the fear of the LORD. |
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| Proverbs 1:30 |
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"They would not accept my counsel, They spurned
all my reproof. |
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| Proverbs 1:31 |
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"So they shall eat of the fruit of their own
way And be satiated with their own devices. |
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| Proverbs 1:32 |
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"For the waywardness of the naive will kill
them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them. |
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| Proverbs 1:33 |
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"But he who listens to me shall live securely
And will be at ease from the dread of evil." |
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