1The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;3To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;5A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:9For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.10My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird .19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.20Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?23Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.32For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.33But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.