Proverbs 1:8
New King James Version
Shun Evil Counsel
8 (A)My son, hear the instruction of your father,
And do not forsake the law of your mother;
Proverbs 1:8
American Standard Version
8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father,
And forsake not the [a]law of thy mother:
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:8 Or, teaching
Proverbs 1:20-33
New King James Version
The Call of Wisdom
20 (A)Wisdom calls aloud [a]outside;
She raises her voice in the open squares.
21 She cries out in the [b]chief concourses,
At the openings of the gates in the city
She speaks her words:
22 “How long, you [c]simple ones, will you love [d]simplicity?
For scorners delight in their scorning,
And fools hate knowledge.
23 Turn at my rebuke;
Surely (B)I will pour out my spirit on you;
I will make my words known to you.
24 (C)Because I have called and you refused,
I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded,
25 Because you (D)disdained all my counsel,
And would have none of my rebuke,
26 (E)I also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when your terror comes,
27 When (F)your terror comes like a storm,
And your destruction comes like a whirlwind,
When distress and anguish come upon you.
28 “Then(G) they will call on me, but I will not answer;
They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.
29 Because they (H)hated knowledge
And did not (I)choose the fear of the Lord,
30 (J)They would have none of my counsel
And despised my every rebuke.
31 Therefore (K)they shall eat the fruit of their own way,
And be filled to the full with their own fancies.
32 For the [e]turning away of the simple will slay them,
And the complacency of fools will destroy them;
33 But whoever listens to me will dwell (L)safely,
And (M)will be [f]secure, without fear of evil.”
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:20 in the street
- Proverbs 1:21 LXX, Syr., Tg. top of the walls; Vg. the head of multitudes
- Proverbs 1:22 naive
- Proverbs 1:22 naivete
- Proverbs 1:32 waywardness
- Proverbs 1:33 at ease
Proverbs 1:20-33
American Standard Version
20 Wisdom crieth aloud in the street;
She uttereth her voice in the broad places;
21 She crieth [a]in the chief place of concourse;
At the entrance of the gates,
In the city, she uttereth her words:
22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity?
And scoffers delight them in scoffing,
And fools hate knowledge?
23 Turn you at my reproof:
Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you;
I will make known my words unto you.
24 Because I have called, and ye have refused;
I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded;
25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel,
And would none of my reproof:
26 I also will laugh in the day of your calamity;
I will mock when your fear cometh;
27 When your fear cometh as [b]a storm,
And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind;
When distress and anguish come upon you.
28 Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer;
They will seek me [c]diligently, but they shall not find me:
29 For that they hated knowledge,
And did not choose the fear of Jehovah,
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 backsliding of the simple shall slay them,
And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.
33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely,
And shall be quiet without fear of evil.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:21 Hebrew at the head of the noisy streets.
- Proverbs 1:27 Or, desolation
- Proverbs 1:28 Or, early
Proverbs 3:11-12
New King James Version
11 (A)My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord,
Nor detest His correction;
12 For whom the Lord loves He corrects,
(B)Just as a father the son in whom he delights.
Proverbs 3:11-12
American Standard Version
11 My son, despise not the [a]chastening of Jehovah;
Neither be weary of his reproof:
12 For whom Jehovah loveth he reproveth,
Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:11 Or, instruction
Proverbs 4:1
New King James Version
Security in Wisdom
4 Hear, (A)my children, the instruction of a father,
And give attention to know understanding;
Proverbs 4:1
American Standard Version
4 Hear, my sons, the instruction of a father,
And attend to know understanding:
Proverbs 9:7-8
New King James Version
7 “He who corrects a scoffer gets shame for himself,
And he who rebukes a wicked man only harms himself.
8 (A)Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you;
(B)Rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
Proverbs 9:7-8
American Standard Version
7 He that correcteth a scoffer getteth to himself reviling;
And he that reproveth a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
8 Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee:
Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
Proverbs 10:17
New King James Version
17 He who keeps instruction is in the way of life,
But he who refuses correction [a]goes astray.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 10:17 leads
Proverbs 10:17
American Standard Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 10:17 Or, is a way
- Proverbs 10:17 Or, instruction
- Proverbs 10:17 Or, causeth to err
Proverbs 12:1
New King James Version
The House of the Righteous Shall Stand
12 Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge,
But he who hates correction is stupid.
Proverbs 12:1
American Standard Version
12 Whoso loveth [a]correction loveth knowledge;
But he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 12:1 Or, instruction
Proverbs 13:1
New King James Version
Wisdom Loves Righteousness
13 A wise son heeds his father’s instruction,
(A)But a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
Proverbs 13:1
American Standard Version
13 A wise son heareth his father’s [a]instruction;
But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:1 Or, correction
Proverbs 13:18
New King James Version
18 Poverty and shame will come to him who [a]disdains correction,
But (A)he who regards a rebuke will be honored.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:18 Lit. ignores
Proverbs 13:18
American Standard Version
18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth [a]correction;
But he that regardeth reproof shall be honored.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:18 Or, instruction
Proverbs 15:5
New King James Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:5 Lit. keeps
Proverbs 15:5
American Standard Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:5 Or, instruction
- Proverbs 15:5 Or, dealeth prudently
Proverbs 15:12
New King James Version
12 (A)A scoffer does not love one who corrects him,
Nor will he go to the wise.
Proverbs 15:12
American Standard Version
12 A scoffer loveth not to be reproved;
He will not go unto the wise.
Proverbs 15:32
New King James Version
32 He who disdains instruction despises his own soul,
But he who heeds rebuke gets understanding.
Proverbs 15:32
American Standard Version
32 He that refuseth [a]correction despiseth his own soul;
But he that hearkeneth to reproof getteth [b]understanding.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:32 Or, instruction
- Proverbs 15:32 Hebrew heart.
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