Proverbs 1
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
1 The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:
Prologue
2 For learning about wisdom and instruction,
for understanding words of insight,
3 for gaining instruction in wise dealing,
righteousness, justice, and equity;
4 to teach shrewdness to the simple,
knowledge and prudence to the young—
5 let the wise also hear and gain in learning,
and the discerning acquire skill,
6 to understand a proverb and a figure,
the words of the wise and their riddles.
7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Warnings against Evil Companions
8 Hear, my child, your father’s instruction,
and do not reject your mother’s teaching;
9 for they are a fair garland for your head,
and pendants for your neck.
10 My child, if sinners entice you,
do not consent.
11 If they say, ‘Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood;
let us wantonly ambush the innocent;
12 like Sheol let us swallow them alive
and whole, like those who go down to the Pit.
13 We shall find all kinds of costly things;
we shall fill our houses with booty.
14 Throw in your lot among us;
we will all have one purse’—
15 my child, do not walk in their way,
keep your foot from their paths;
16 for their feet run to evil,
and they hurry to shed blood.
17 For in vain is the net baited
while the bird is looking on;
18 yet they lie in wait—to kill themselves!
and set an ambush—for their own lives!
19 Such is the end[a] of all who are greedy for gain;
it takes away the life of its possessors.
The Call of Wisdom
20 Wisdom cries out in the street;
in the squares she raises her voice.
21 At the busiest corner she cries out;
at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:
22 ‘How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing
and fools hate knowledge?
23 Give heed to my reproof;
I will pour out my thoughts to you;
I will make my words known to you.
24 Because I have called and you refused,
have stretched out my hand and no one heeded,
25 and because you have ignored all my counsel
and would have none of my reproof,
26 I also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when panic strikes you,
27 when panic strikes you like a storm,
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when distress and anguish come upon you.
28 Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;
they will seek me diligently, but will not find me.
29 Because they hated knowledge
and did not choose the fear of the Lord,
30 would have none of my counsel,
and despised all my reproof,
31 therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way
and be sated with their own devices.
32 For waywardness kills the simple,
and the complacency of fools destroys them;
33 but those who listen to me will be secure
and will live at ease, without dread of disaster.’
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:19 Gk: Heb are the ways
Proverbs 1
King James Version
1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:
30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
Ordspråksboken 1
nuBibeln (Swedish Contemporary Bible)
Vishetens välsignelse
(1:1—9:18)
1 Ordspråk av Salomo, Davids son, Israels kung.
2 Av dem får man fostran och vägledning,
så att man förstår de visas ord.
3 Av dem får man vägledning till insikt
och till ett ärligt och rättfärdigt liv.
4 De ger klokhet till de okunniga,
och lärdom till de unga om vad som är viktigt.
5 Den vise hör dem och ökar sin kunskap.
Den kloke skaffar sig vägledning
6 för att förstå ordspråk och liknelser,
de visas ord och gåtor.
7 Herrens fruktan är vishetens början,
men den som är oklok föraktar vishet och vägledning.
8 Hör, min son, din fars förmaning,
förkasta inte din mors undervisning.
9 De bildar en skön krans på ditt huvud,
en vacker kedja kring din hals.
10 Min son, låt dig inte lockas av syndare.
11 De säger:
”Kom! Vi lägger oss i bakhåll för att döda,
för att lura på oskyldiga.
12 Likt dödsriket slukar vi dem levande och hela,
så som de som läggs ner i graven.
13 Vi ska få alla slags värdefulla ting
och kan fylla våra hus med plundrat gods.
14 Du får vara med och dela,
pengarna kan vi ha i en gemensam kassa.”
15 Min son, gå inte in på deras väg,
sätt inte din fot på deras stig,
16 för med snabba steg söker de sig till ondskan,
och snabbt vill de utgjuta blod.
17 Det är meningslöst att breda ut ett nät
inför ögonen på fåglarna.
18 Dessa ligger på lur efter sitt eget blod
och i bakhåll för sina egna liv.
19 Sådant blir slutet för den som roffar åt sig i oärlighet,
det kostar honom hans eget liv.
20 Visheten ropar högt på gatan
och höjer sin röst på torget.
21 Mitt bland de bullriga gatorna predikar den
och håller tal vid stadsportarna:
22 ”Hur länge ska ni okunniga älska okunnighet,
ni smädare njuta av smädelser,
ni dårar hata kunskap?
23 Vänd om och ta emot min tillrättavisning,
så ska jag låta min ande komma över er
och dela med mig av min kunskap till er.
24 Jag har ropat på er, men ni har inte lyssnat.
Jag har räckt ut min hand,
men ingen har brytt sig om den.
25 Ni har struntat i alla mina råd
och avvisat min tillrättavisning.
26 Därför ska jag också skratta åt er olycka
och håna er förtvivlan,
27 när förskräckelsen griper tag i er som ett oväder
och olyckan sveper över er som en stormby,
när nöd och ångest drabbar er.
28 Då kommer de att ropa till mig,
men jag ska inte svara.
De kommer att söka mig
men inte finna.
29 De hatade kunskap
och ville inte frukta Herren,
30 de avvisade mina råd
och föraktade mina tillrättavisningar.
31 Därför får de äta sina gärningars frukt
och mätta sig med sina onda planer.
32 De okunnigas avfällighet ska kosta dem livet
och dårarnas sorglöshet förgöra dem.
33 Men den som lyssnar till mig ska leva i trygghet
och behöver inte vara rädd för något ont.”
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