Proverbs 1:8

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Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom

Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men

⁸Listen, my son,^(A) to your father’s^(B) instruction
and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.^(C)

Proverbs 1:8 in all English translations

Proverbs 1:20-33

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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 3:11-12

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¹¹My son,^(A) do not despise the Lord’s discipline,^(B)
and do not resent his rebuke,
¹²because the Lord disciplines those he loves,^(C)
as a father the son he delights in.^[a]^(D)

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Footnotes

Proverbs 3:12 Hebrew; Septuagint loves, / and he chastens everyone he accepts as his child

Proverbs 4:1

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Get Wisdom at Any Cost

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

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Proverbs 4:1 in all English translations

Proverbs 9:7-8

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⁷Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults;
whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse.^(A)
⁸Do not rebuke mockers^(B) or they will hate you;
rebuke the wise and they will love you.^(C)