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       Proverbs   1:1

The proverbs of Solomo... ...David, king of Israel;

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

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To know wisdom and ins... ...ords of understanding;

To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

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To receive the instruc... ... judgment, and equity;

To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;

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To give subtilty to th... ...wledge and discretion.

To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

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To understand a prover... ...nd their dark sayings.

To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

       Proverbs   1:7

The fear of the LORD i... ...isdom and instruction.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

       Proverbs   1:8

My son, hear the instr... ...the law of thy mother:

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

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For they shall be an o... ...chains about thy neck.

For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

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My son, if sinners ent... ...hee, consent thou not.

My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

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Let us swallow them up... ... go down into the pit:

Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

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We shall find all prec... ...our houses with spoil:

We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

       Proverbs   1:14

Cast in thy lot among ... ...us all have one purse:

Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

       Proverbs   1:15

My son, walk not thou ... ... foot from their path:

My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

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For their feet run to ... ...e haste to shed blood.

For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

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Surely in vain the net... ...the sight of any bird.

Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

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And they lay wait for ... ...y for their own lives.

And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

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Wisdom crieth without;... ... voice in the streets:

Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:

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Because I have called,... ..., and no man regarded;

Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

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But ye have set at nou... ...ld none of my reproof:

But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

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I also will laugh at y... ...when your fear cometh;

I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

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For that they hated kn... ... the fear of the LORD:

For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

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They would none of my ... ...spised all my reproof.

They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

       Proverbs   1:31

Therefore shall they e... ...ith their own devices.

Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

       Proverbs   1:33

But whoso hearkeneth u... ...iet from fear of evil.

But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

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