2 To know wisdom and instruction,
To discern the sayings of understanding,
To discern the sayings of understanding,
3 To receive instruction in wise behavior,
Righteousness, justice and equity;
Righteousness, justice and equity;
4 To give prudence to the [a]naive,
To the youth knowledge and discretion,
To the youth knowledge and discretion,
5 A wise man will hear and increase in learning,
And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel,
And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel,
6 To understand a proverb and a figure,
The words of the wise and their riddles.
The words of the wise and their riddles.
7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
The Enticement of Sinners
Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
The Enticement of Sinners
8 Hear, my son, your father’s instruction
And do not forsake your mother’s teaching;
And do not forsake your mother’s teaching;
9 Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head
And [b]ornaments about your neck.
And [b]ornaments about your neck.
10 My son, if sinners entice you,
Do not consent.
Do not consent.
11 If they say, “Come with us,
Let us lie in wait for blood,
Let us ambush the innocent without cause;
Let us lie in wait for blood,
Let us ambush the innocent without cause;
12 Let us swallow them alive like Sheol,
Even whole, as those who go down to the pit;
Even whole, as those who go down to the pit;
13 We will find all kinds of precious wealth,
We will fill our houses with spoil;
We will fill our houses with spoil;
14 Throw in your lot [c]with us,
We shall all have one purse,”
We shall all have one purse,”
15 My son, do not walk in the way with them.
Keep your feet from their path,
Keep your feet from their path,
16 For their feet run to evil
And they hasten to shed blood.
And they hasten to shed blood.
18 But they lie in wait for their own blood;
They ambush their own lives.
They ambush their own lives.
19 So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence;
It takes away the life of its possessors.
It takes away the life of its possessors.
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