Proverbs 1:20-33

Jubilee Bible 2000

²⁰¶ Wisdom cries without; she utters her voice in the streets:

²¹She cries in the chief place of concourse, in the entrance to the gates of the city she utters her words, saying,

²²How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and the fools hate knowledge?

²³Return at my reproof; behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

²⁴Because I have called and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one responded;

²⁵for because ye have disregarded all my counsel and rejected my reproof:

²⁶I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear comes upon you;

²⁷when what you have feared comes as destruction, and your calamity comes as a whirlwind; when tribulation and anguish come upon you.

²⁸Then they shall call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

²⁹Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

³⁰They rejected my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

³¹Therefore they shall eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own counsel.

³²For the rest of the ignorant shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

³³But whosoever hearkens unto me shall dwell safely and shall rest from the fear of evil.

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Proverbs 1:20-33

New International Version

Wisdom’s Rebuke

²⁰Out in the open wisdom calls aloud,^(A)
she raises her voice in the public square;
²¹on top of the wall^[a] she cries out,
at the city gate she makes her speech:

²²“How long will you who are simple^(B) love your simple ways?
    How long will mockers delight in mockery
    and fools hate^(C) knowledge?
²³Repent at my rebuke!
    Then I will pour out my thoughts to you,
    I will make known to you my teachings.
²⁴But since you refuse^(D) to listen when I call^(E)
    and no one pays attention^(F) when I stretch out my hand,
²⁵since you disregard all my advice
    and do not accept my rebuke,
²⁶I in turn will laugh^(G) when disaster^(H) strikes you;
    I will mock^(I) when calamity overtakes you^(J)—
²⁷when calamity overtakes you like a storm,
    when disaster^(K) sweeps over you like a whirlwind,
    when distress and trouble overwhelm you.

²⁸“Then they will call to me but I will not answer;^(L)
    they will look for me but will not find me,^(M)
²⁹since they hated knowledge
    and did not choose to fear the Lord.^(N)
³⁰Since they would not accept my advice
    and spurned my rebuke,^(O)
³¹they will eat the fruit of their ways
    and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.^(P)
³²For the waywardness of the simple will kill them,
    and the complacency of fools will destroy them;^(Q)
³³but whoever listens to me will live in safety^(R)
    and be at ease, without fear of harm.”^(S)

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Footnotes

Proverbs 1:21 Septuagint; Hebrew / at noisy street corners

Proverbs 5:1-2

Jubilee Bible 2000

5 ¶ My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my intelligence;

²that thou may keep council and that thy lips may conserve knowledge.

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Proverbs 5:1-2

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Warning Against Adultery

5 My son,^(A) pay attention to my wisdom,
turn your ear to my words^(B) of insight,
²that you may maintain discretion
and your lips may preserve knowledge.

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Proverbs 6:20-23

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²⁰¶ My son, keep thy father’s commandment and forsake not the law of thy mother:

²¹Bind them continually upon thine heart and tie them about thy neck.

²²When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

²³For the commandment is fire, and the law is light; and reproofs of chastening are the way of life,

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Proverbs 6:20-23

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Warning Against Adultery

²⁰My son,^(A) keep your father’s command
    and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.^(B)
²¹Bind them always on your heart;
    fasten them around your neck.^(C)
²²When you walk, they will guide you;
    when you sleep, they will watch over you;
    when you awake, they will speak to you.
²³For this command is a lamp,
    this teaching is a light,^(D)
and correction and instruction
    are the way to life,^(E)

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Proverbs 7:1-2

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7 ¶ My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

²Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.

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Proverbs 7:1-2

New International Version

Warning Against the Adulterous Woman

7 My son,^(A) keep my words
and store up my commands within you.
²Keep my commands and you will live;^(B)
guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.