Proverbs 1
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
1 The proverbs (truths obscurely expressed, maxims, and parables) of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:
2 [a]That people may know skillful and godly [b]Wisdom and instruction, discern and comprehend the words of understanding and insight,
3 Receive instruction in wise dealing and the discipline of wise thoughtfulness, righteousness, justice, and integrity,
4 That prudence may be given to the simple, and knowledge, discretion, and discernment to the youth—
5 The wise also will hear and increase in learning, and the person of understanding will acquire skill and attain to sound counsel [so that he may be able to steer his course rightly]—(A)
6 That people may understand a proverb and a figure of speech or an enigma with its interpretation, and the words of the wise and their dark sayings or riddles.
7 The reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is the beginning and the principal and choice part of knowledge [its starting point and its essence]; but fools despise skillful and godly Wisdom, instruction, and discipline.(B)
8 My son, hear the instruction of your father; reject not nor forsake the teaching of your mother.
9 For they are a [victor’s] chaplet (garland) of grace upon your head and chains and pendants [of gold worn by kings] for your neck.
10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.(C)
11 If they say, Come with us; let us lie in wait [to shed] blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause [and show that his piety is in vain];
12 Let us swallow them up alive as does Sheol (the place of the dead), and whole, as those who go down into the pit [of the dead];
13 We shall find and take all kinds of precious goods [when our victims are put out of the way], we shall fill our houses with plunder;
14 Throw in your lot with us [they insist] and be a sworn brother and comrade; let us all have one purse in common—
15 My son, do not walk in the way with them; restrain your foot from their path;
16 For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
17 For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird!
18 But [when these men set a trap for others] they are lying in wait for their own blood; they set an ambush for their own lives.
19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy of gain; such [greed for plunder] takes away the lives of its possessors.(D)
20 [c]Wisdom cries aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the markets;
21 She cries at the head of the noisy intersections [in the chief gathering places]; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:
22 How long, O simple ones [open to evil], will you love being simple? And the scoffers delight in scoffing and [self-confident] fools hate knowledge?
23 If you will turn (repent) and give heed to my reproof, behold, I [[d]Wisdom] will pour out my spirit upon you, I will make my words known to you.(E)
24 Because I have called and you have refused [to answer], have stretched out my hand and no man has heeded it,(F)
25 And you treated as nothing all my counsel and would accept none of my reproof,
26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when the thing comes that shall cause you terror and panic—
27 When your panic comes as a storm and desolation and your calamity comes on as a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.
28 Then will they call upon me [Wisdom] but I will not answer; they will seek me early and diligently but they will not find me.(G)
29 Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord,(H)
30 Would accept none of my counsel, and despised all my reproof,
31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way and be satiated with their own devices.
32 For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, and the careless ease of [self-confident] fools shall destroy them.(I)
33 But whoso hearkens to me [Wisdom] shall dwell securely and in confident trust and shall be quiet, without fear or dread of evil.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:2 Over the doors of the school of Plato these words were written in Greek, “Let no one enter who is not a geometrician.” But Solomon opens wide the doors of his proverbs with a special message of welcome to the unlearned, the simple, the foolish, the young, and even to the wise—that all “will hear and increase in learning” (Prov. 1:5).
- Proverbs 1:2 A key term in the book of Proverbs, “Wisdom” is capitalized throughout, as God’s design for living and as a reminder of Christ, Whom the apostle Paul calls “the wisdom of God... in Whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (I Cor. 1:24; Col. 2:3 kjv).
- Proverbs 1:20 Wisdom here is personified. Read “the Wisdom of God” instead of “Wisdom” and see the wonderful power of this book.
- Proverbs 1:23 See footnotes on Prov. 1:2 and 1:20.
Fjalët e urta 1
Albanian Bible
1 Fjalët e urta të Salomonit, birit të Davidit, mbret i Izraelit,
2 për të njohur diturinë dhe për të mësuar gjykimet e mënçura;
3 për të ditur si të veprosh me urti, me drejtësi, me gjykim dhe ndershmëri,
4 për t’u dhënë shkathtësi njerëzve të thjeshtë, njohje dhe reflektim të riut.
5 I urti do të dëgjojë dhe do të rritë diturinë e tij; njeriu i zgjuar do të përfitojë këshilla të urta,
6 për të kuptuar një sentencë dhe një enigmë, fjalët e të urtëve dhe thëniet e tyre të errëta.
7 Frika e Zotit është fillimi i njohjes; por njerëzit e pamend përçmojnë diturinë dhe arsimin.
8 Dëgjo, o biri im, mësimet e atit tënd dhe mos i lër pas dore mësimet e nënes sate,
9 sepse janë një nur që zbukuron kokën tënde dhe një stoli në qafën tënde.
10 Biri im, në qoftë se mëkatarët duan të të mashtrojnë, mos prano,
11 në qoftë se thonë: "Eja me ne; kemi ngritur një pritë për të derdhur gjak; i ngritëm gracka të pafajmit pa ndonjë shkak;
12 le t’i kapërdimë të gjallë, ashtu si Sheoli, tërësisht si ata që zbresin në gropë;
13 ne do të gjejmë lloj-lloj pasurish të çmueshme, do t’i mbushim shtëpitë tona me plaçka;
14 ti do ta hedhësh në short pjesën tënde me ne, dhe të gjithë ne do të kemi një qese të vetme";
15 biri im, mos shko me ta në po atë rrugë, ndale hapin nga shtegu i tyre,
16 sepse këmbët e tyre turren drejt së keqes dhe ata nxitojnë të derdhin gjak.
17 Shtrihet më kot rrjeta përpara çdo lloji zogjsh;
18 por këta kurdisin prita kundër gjakut të vet dhe ngrenë kurthe kundër vetë jetës së tyre.
19 Të tilla janë rrugët e çdo njeriu të etur për pasuri; ajo ia heq jetën atyre që e kanë.
20 Dituria bërtet nëpër rrugë, zëri i saj dëgjohet nëpër sheshe;
21 ajo thërret në vendet ku ka turma dhe ligjëron në hyrje të portave të qytetit;
22 "Deri kur, o njerëz të thjeshtë, do t’ju pëlqejë thjeshtësia dhe tallësit do të kënaqen duke u tallur dhe budallenjtë do të urrejnë dijen?
23 Ejani në vete nga qortimi im; ja, unë do të derdh mbi ju Frymën time dhe do t’ju bëj të njohura fjalët e mia.
24 Sepse unë thirra dhe ju nuk keni dashur, shtriva dorën time dhe askush prej jush nuk i kushtoi vëmendje,
25 përkundrazi hodhët poshtë të gjitha këshillat e mia dhe nuk pranuat ndreqjen time,
26 edhe unë do të qesh me fatkeqësinë tuaj, do të tallem kur të vijë ajo që ju druani,
27 kur ajo që druani të vijë si një furtunë, dhe fatkeqësia juaj të vijë si një stuhi, kur t’ju mbulojnë fatkeqësia dhe ankthi.
28 Atëherë ata do të më thërrasin mua, por unë nuk do të përgjigjem; do të më kërkojnë me kujdes, por nuk do të më gjejnë.
29 Sepse kanë urryer dijen dhe nuk kanë zgjedhur frikën e Zotit,
30 nuk kanë dashur të pranojnë këshillën time dhe kanë përbuzur të gjitha qortimet e mia.
31 Prandaj do të hanë frytin e sjelljes së tyre dhe do të ngopen me këshillat e tyre.
32 Sepse përdalja e njerëzve të thjeshtë i vret dhe qetësia e rreme e budallenjve i zhduk;
33 por ai që më dëgjon do të banojë një vend të sigurt, do të jetë me të vërtetë i qetë, pa frikë nga çfarëdo e keqe".
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.
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