Proverbs 1 - King James Bible with Strong Numbers1 H4912The proverbsH8010of SolomonH1121the sonH1732of DavidH4428, kingH3478of Israel; 2 H3045To know[H8800] H2451wisdomH4148and instructionH995; to perceive[H8687] H561the wordsH998of understanding; 3 H3947To receive[H8800] H4148the instructionH7919of wisdom[H8687] H6664, justiceH4941, and judgmentH4339, and equity; 4 H5414To give[H8800] H6195subtiltyH6612to the simpleH5288, to the young manH1847knowledgeH4209and discretion. 5 H2450A wiseH8085man will hear[H8799] H3254, and will increase[H8686] H3948learningH995; and a man of understanding[H8737] H7069shall attain[H8799] H8458unto wise counsels: 6 H995To understand[H8687] H4912a proverbH4426, and the interpretationH1697; the wordsH2450of the wiseH2420, and their dark sayings. 7 H3374The fearH3068of the LORDH7225is the beginningH1847of knowledgeH191: but foolsH936despise[H8804] H2451wisdomH4148and instruction. 8 H1121My sonH8085, hear[H8798] H4148the instructionH1of thy fatherH5203, and forsake[H8799] H8451not the lawH517of thy mother: 9 H3880For they shall be an ornamentH2580of graceH7218unto thy headH6060, and chainsH1621about thy neck. 10 H1121My sonH2400, if sinnersH6601entice[H8762] H14thee, consent[H8799] thou not. 11 H559If they say[H8799] H3212, Come[H8798] H693with us, let us lay wait[H8799] H1818for bloodH6845, let us lurk[H8799] H5355privily for the innocentH2600without cause: 12 H1104Let us swallow them up[H8799] H2416aliveH7585as the graveH8549; and wholeH3381, as those that go down[H8802] H953into the pit: 13 H4672We shall find[H8799] H3368all preciousH1952substanceH4390, we shall fill[H8762] H1004our housesH7998with spoil: 14 H5307Cast[H8686] H1486in thy lotH8432amongH259us; let us all have oneH3599purse: 15 H1121My sonH3212, walk[H8799] H1870not thou in the wayH4513with them; refrain[H8798] H7272thy footH5410from their path: 16 H7272For their feetH7323run[H8799] H7451to evilH4116, and make haste[H8762] H8210to shed[H8800] H1818blood. 17 H2600Surely in vainH7568the netH2219is spread[H8794] H5869in the sightH1167of any birdH3671 . 18 H693And they lay wait[H8799] H1818for their own bloodH6845; they lurk privily[H8799] H5315for their own lives. 19 H734So are the waysH1214of every one that is greedy[H8802] H1215of gainH3947; which taketh away[H8799] H5315the lifeH1167of the owners thereof. 20 H2454WisdomH7442crieth[H8799] H2351withoutH5414; she uttereth[H8799] H6963her voiceH7339in the streets: 21 H7121She crieth[H8799] H7218in the chief placeH1993of concourse[H8802] H6607, in the openingsH8179of the gatesH5892: in the cityH559she uttereth[H8799] H561her words, saying, 22 H6612How long, ye simple onesH157, will ye love[H8799] H6612simplicityH3887? and the scorners[H8801] H2530delight[H8804] H3944in their scorningH3684, and foolsH8130hate[H8799] H1847knowledge? 23 H7725Turn[H8799] H8433you at my reproofH5042: behold, I will pour out[H8686] H7307my spiritH3045unto you, I will make known[H8686] H1697my words unto you. 24 H7121Because I have called[H8804] H3985, and ye refused[H8762] H5186; I have stretched out[H8804] H3027my handH7181, and no man regarded[H8688] ; 25 H6544But ye have set at nought[H8799] H6098all my counselH14, and would[H8804] H8433none of my reproof: 26 H7832I also will laugh[H8799] H343at your calamityH3932; I will mock[H8799] H6343when your fearH935cometh[H8800] ; 27 H6343When your fearH935cometh[H8800] H7722as desolation[H8675] H7584 H343, and your destructionH857cometh[H8799] H5492as a whirlwindH6869; when distressH6695and anguishH935cometh[H8800] upon you. 28 H7121Then shall they call[H8799] H6030upon me, but I will not answer[H8799] H7836; they shall seek me early[H8762] H4672, but they shall not find[H8799] me: 29 H8130For that they hated[H8804] H1847knowledgeH977, and did not choose[H8804] H3374the fearH3068of the LORD: 30 H14They would[H8804] H6098none of my counselH5006: they despised[H8804] H8433all my reproof. 31 H398Therefore shall they eat[H8799] H6529of the fruitH1870of their own wayH7646, and be filled[H8799] H4156with their own devices. 32 H4878For the turning awayH6612of the simpleH2026shall slay[H8799] H7962them, and the prosperityH3684of foolsH6shall destroy[H8762] them. 33 H8085But whoso hearkeneth[H8802] H7931unto me shall dwell[H8799] H983safelyH7599, and shall be quiet[H8768] H6343from fearH7451of evil. |