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1:1  These are the wise words of Solomon son of David, king of Israel.
1:2  They teach wisdom and self-control; they will help you understand wise words.
1:3  They will teach you how to be wise and self-controlled and will teach you to do what is honest and fair and right.
1:4  They make the uneducated wise and give knowledge and sense to the young.
1:5  Wise people can also listen and learn; even they can find good advice in these words.
1:6  Then anyone can understand wise words and stories, the words of the wise and their riddles.
1:7  Knowledge begins with respect for the Lord, but fools hate wisdom and discipline.
1:8  My child, listen to your father’s teaching and do not forget your mother’s advice.
1:9  Their teaching will be like flowers in your hair or a necklace around your neck.
1:10  My child, if sinners try to lead you into sin, do not follow them.
1:11  They will say, “Come with us. Let’s ambush and kill someone; let’s attack some innocent people just for fun.
1:12  Let’s swallow them alive, as death does; let’s swallow them whole, as the grave does.
1:13  We will take all kinds of valuable things and fill our houses with stolen goods.
1:14  Come join us, and we will share with you stolen goods.”
1:15  My child, do not go along with them; do not do what they do.
1:16  They are eager to do evil and are quick to kill.
1:17  It is useless to spread out a net right where the birds can see it.
1:18  But sinners will fall into their own traps; they will only catch themselves!
1:19  All greedy people end up this way; greed kills selfish people.
1:20  Wisdom is like a woman shouting in the street; she raises her voice in the city squares.
1:21  She cries out in the noisy street and shouts at the city gates:
1:22  “You fools, how long will you be foolish? How long will you make fun of wisdom and hate knowledge?
1:23  If only you had listened when I corrected you, I would have told you what’s in my heart; I would have told you what I am thinking.
1:24  I called, but you refused to listen; I held out my hand, but you paid no attention.
1:25  You did not follow my advice and did not listen when I corrected you.
1:26  So I will laugh when you are in trouble. I will make fun when disaster strikes you,
1:27  when disaster comes over you like a storm, when trouble strikes you like a whirlwind, when pain and trouble overwhelm you.
1:28  “Then you will call to me, but I will not answer. You will look for me, but you will not find me.
1:29  It is because you rejected knowledge and did not choose to respect the Lord.
1:30  You did not accept my advice, and you rejected my correction.
1:31  So you will get what you deserve; you will get what you planned for others.
1:32  Fools will die because they refuse to listen; they will be destroyed because they do not care.
1:33  But those who listen to me will live in safety and be at peace, without fear of injury.”