1 ¶ The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel;

² to know wisdom and chastening; to understand prudent words;

³ to receive the chastening of prudence, justice, judgment, and equity;

⁴ to give prudence to the simple, and to the young men knowledge and council.

⁵ If the wise will hear them, doctrine shall increase, and the man of understanding shall acquire wise counsel:

⁶ To understand a parable and the interpretation; the words of the wise and their enigmas.

⁷ ¶ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and chastening.

25 ¶ These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.