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, judgment, and equity;
4. to give subtlety 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 will attain wise counsel,
6. to understand a proverb and the interpretation,the words of the wise and their riddles.
7. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8. My son, hear the instruction of your father,and do not forsake the teaching of your mother;
9. for they will be a garland of grace on your head,and chains about your neck.
10. My son, if sinners entice you,do not consent.
11. If they say, “Come with us,let us lie in wait for blood;let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
12. let us swallow them up alive as the grave,and whole, as those who go down into the pit;
13. we will find all kinds of precious possessions;we will fill our houses with spoil;