NITHYAM SONGSProverbs 1
World English Bible (WEB) • 33 verses
1The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel:
RelatedProverbs 10:1 · 1 Chronicles 22:9 · 1 Chronicles 28:5 · Ecclesiastes 1:1 · Proverbs 25:1 · 1 Kings 2:12
2to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;
RelatedProverbs 7:4 · Deuteronomy 4:5-6 · Proverbs 17:16 · 1 Kings 3:9-12 · 2 Timothy 3:15-17 · Proverbs 16:16
3to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity;
4to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young man—
RelatedProverbs 8:5 · Proverbs 8:17 · Psalms 119:9 · Proverbs 9:4-6 · Psalms 119:130 · Proverbs 8:12
5that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel;
RelatedProverbs 12:1 · Proverbs 9:9 · 1 Corinthians 10:15 · Job 34:16 · Job 34:10 · Psalms 119:98-100
6to understand a proverb and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.
7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
RelatedJob 28:28 · Psalms 111:10-112:1 · Proverbs 9:10 · Ecclesiastes 12:13 · Proverbs 15:33 · Proverbs 18:2
8My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching;
RelatedProverbs 6:20 · Proverbs 30:17 · Proverbs 5:1-2 · Proverbs 31:1 · 2 Timothy 1:5 · Proverbs 2:1
9for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck.
10My son, if sinners entice you, don’t consent.
RelatedEphesians 5:11 · Proverbs 16:29 · Psalms 1:1 · Proverbs 13:20 · Deuteronomy 13:8 · Romans 16:18
11If they say, “Come with us. Let’s lie in wait for blood. Let’s lurk secretly for the innocent without cause.
12Let’s swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit.
13We’ll find all valuable wealth. We’ll fill our houses with plunder.
Related1 Timothy 6:9-10 · Luke 12:15 · Job 24:2-3 · Nahum 2:12 · Isaiah 10:13-14 · Jeremiah 22:16-17
14You shall cast your lot among us. We’ll all have one purse”—
15my son, don’t walk on the path with them. Keep your foot from their path,
RelatedPsalms 119:101 · Psalms 1:1 · Proverbs 4:27 · Proverbs 4:14-15 · Psalms 26:4-5 · 2 Corinthians 6:17
16for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.
17For the net is spread in vain in the sight of any bird;
18but these lay in wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.
RelatedPsalms 9:16 · Esther 7:10 · Proverbs 28:17 · Proverbs 5:22-23 · Psalms 7:14-16 · Matthew 27:4-5
19So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.
RelatedProverbs 15:27 · 2 Peter 2:3 · Jeremiah 22:17-19 · James 5:1-4 · Micah 2:1-3 · Proverbs 23:3-4
20Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares.
RelatedProverbs 9:3 · Colossians 2:3 · 1 Corinthians 1:24 · Luke 11:49 · Proverbs 8:1-5 · 1 Corinthians 1:30
21She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:
22“How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?
23Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you.
24Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;
RelatedIsaiah 65:12 · Romans 10:21 · Jeremiah 7:13 · Isaiah 66:4 · Hebrews 12:25-26 · Matthew 22:5-6
25but you have ignored all my counsel, and wanted none of my reproof;
RelatedLuke 7:30 · Psalms 81:11 · Proverbs 12:1 · Psalms 107:11 · Proverbs 1:30 · 2 Chronicles 36:16
26I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you,
27when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes on like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come on you.
RelatedProverbs 3:25-26 · Psalms 58:9 · Romans 2:9 · Luke 21:23-26 · 1 Thessalonians 5:3 · Isaiah 17:13
28Then they will call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me,
29because they hated knowledge, and didn’t choose the fear of the LORD.
30They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.
RelatedProverbs 1:25 · Psalms 81:11 · Jeremiah 8:9 · Luke 14:18-20 · Psalms 119:173 · Psalms 119:111
31Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own schemes.
32For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.
RelatedProverbs 8:36 · John 3:36 · Jeremiah 2:19 · Hebrews 12:25 · Luke 16:19-25 · Deuteronomy 32:15-44
33But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, and will be at ease, without fear of harm.”
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