Book 20 God's Wisdom Proverbs
Proverbs|1:1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
Proverbs|1:2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
Proverbs|1:3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
Proverbs|1:4 To give subtlety to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
Proverbs|1:5 A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
Proverbs|1:6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Proverbs|1:7 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs|1:8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs|1:9 For they [shall be] an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
Proverbs|1:10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
Proverbs|1:11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: PROVERBS | Holy Bible | Old Testament | King James | Book 20 God's Wisdom
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