ProverbsJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareProverbs 1Douay - EnglishMoreVersion - 9 availableWorld English BibleKing James VersionAmerican Standard VersionDarby BibleYoung's Literal TranslationWebster BibleGeneva BibleDouay-Rheims ChallonerReina-Valera 1909WEBKJVASVDarbyYLTWebsterGenevaDouayRV1909LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Proverbs 1Proverbs 2Proverbs 3Proverbs 4Proverbs 5Proverbs 6Proverbs 7Proverbs 8Proverbs 9Proverbs 10Proverbs 11Proverbs 12Proverbs 13Proverbs 14Proverbs 15Proverbs 16Proverbs 17Proverbs 18Proverbs 19Proverbs 20Proverbs 21Proverbs 22Proverbs 23Proverbs 24Proverbs 25Proverbs 26Proverbs 27Proverbs 28Proverbs 29Proverbs 30Proverbs 31›Proverbs 1ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1The parables of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel, 2To know wisdom, and instruction: 3To understand the words of prudence: and to receive the instruction of doctrine, justice, and judgment, and equity: 4To give subtilty to little ones, to the young man knowledge and understanding. 5A wise man shall hear, and shall be wiser: and he that understandeth shall possess governments. 6He shall understand a parable and the interpretation, the words of the wise, and their mysterious sayings. 7The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Fools despise wisdom and instruction. 8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 9That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck. 10My son, if sinners shall entice thee, consent not to them. 11If they shall say: Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us hide snares for the innocent without cause: 12Let us swallow him up alive like hell, and whole as one that goeth down into the pit. 13We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoils. 14Cast in thy lot with us, let us all have one purse. 15My son, walk not thou with them, restrain thy foot from their paths. 16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. 17But a net is spread in vain before the eyes of them that have wings. 18And they themselves lie in wait for their own blood, and practise deceits against their own souls. 19So the ways of every covetous man destroy the souls of the possessors. 20Wisdom preacheth abroad, she uttereth her voice in the streets: 21At the head of multitudes she crieth out, in the entrance of the gates of the city she uttereth her words, saying: 22O children, how long will you love childishness, and fools covet those things which are hurtful to themselves, and the unwise hate knowledge? 23Turn ye at my reproof: behold I will utter my spirit to you, and will shew you my words. 24Because I called, and you refused: I stretched out my hand, and there was none that regarded. 25You have despised all my counsel, and have neglected my reprehensions. 26I also will laugh in your destruction, and will mock when that shall come to you which you feared. 27When sudden calamity shall fall on you, and destruction, as a tempest, shall be at hand: when tribulation and distress shall come upon you: 28Then shall they call upon me, and I will not hear: they shall rise in the morning, and shall not find me: 29Because they have hated instruction, and received not the fear of the Lord, 30Nor consented to my counsel, but despised all my reproof. 31Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and shall be filled with their own devices. 32The turning away of little ones shall kill them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. 33But he that shall hear me, shall rest without terror, and shall enjoy abundance, without fear of evils. Next chapterProverbs 2›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.VersionsProverbs 1 across 9 versionsShow all 9WEB - World English BibleKJV - King James VersionASV - American Standard VersionDarby - Darby BibleYLT - Young's Literal TranslationWebster - Webster BibleGeneva - Geneva BibleDouay - Douay-Rheims ChallonerRV1909 - Reina-Valera 1909Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public Domain