20 Listen to advice and accept discipline,(A)
    and at the end you will be counted among the wise.(B)

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20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

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The Rich Man and Lazarus

19 “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day.(A) 20 At his gate was laid a beggar(B) named Lazarus, covered with sores 21 and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table.(C) Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

22 “The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side.

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19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,

21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

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15 The way of fools seems right to them,(A)
    but the wise listen to advice.(B)

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15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

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34 Blessed are those who listen(A) to me,
    watching daily at my doors,
    waiting at my doorway.
35 For those who find me(B) find life(C)
    and receive favor from the Lord.(D)

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34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord.

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Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom

Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men

Listen, my son,(A) to your father’s(B) instruction
    and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.(C)

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

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Get Wisdom at Any Cost

Listen, my sons,(A) to a father’s instruction;(B)
    pay attention and gain understanding.(C)

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Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

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Moral Benefits of Wisdom

My son,(A) if you accept my words
    and store up my commands within you,
turning your ear to wisdom
    and applying your heart to understanding(B)
indeed, if you call out for insight(C)
    and cry aloud for understanding,
and if you look for it as for silver
    and search for it as for hidden treasure,(D)
then you will understand the fear of the Lord
    and find the knowledge of God.(E)
For the Lord gives wisdom;(F)
    from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.(G)
He holds success in store for the upright,
    he is a shield(H) to those whose walk is blameless,(I)
for he guards the course of the just
    and protects the way of his faithful ones.(J)

Then you will understand(K) what is right and just
    and fair—every good path.

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My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.

For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

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12 Teach us to number our days,(A)
    that we may gain a heart of wisdom.(B)

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12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

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10 Who can count the dust of Jacob(A)
    or number even a fourth of Israel?
Let me die the death of the righteous,(B)
    and may my final end be like theirs!(C)

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10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

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14 Satisfy(A) us in the morning with your unfailing love,(B)
    that we may sing for joy(C) and be glad all our days.(D)

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14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

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37 Consider the blameless,(A) observe the upright;(B)
    a future awaits those who seek peace.[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 37:37 Or upright; / those who seek peace will have posterity

37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.

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16 He gave you manna(A) to eat in the wilderness, something your ancestors had never known,(B) to humble and test(C) you so that in the end it might go well with you.

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16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;

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29 If only they were wise and would understand this(A)
    and discern what their end will be!(B)

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29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!

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