Proverbs 1:1-9 ▼

1 The Parables of Salomon the sonne of Dauid King of Israel,

2 To knowe wisdome, and instruction, to vnderstand ye wordes of knowledge,

3 To receiue instruction to do wisely, by iustice and iudgement and equitie,

4 To giue vnto the simple, sharpenesse of wit, and to the childe knowledge and discretion.

5 A wise man shall heare and increase in learning, and a man of vnderstanding shall attayne vnto wise counsels,

6 To vnderstand a parable, & the interpretation, the wordes of ye wise, and their darke sayings.

7 The feare of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fooles despise wisedome and instruction.

8 My sonne, heare thy fathers instruction, and forsake not thy mothers teaching.

9 For they shalbe a comely ornament vnto thine head, and as chaines for thy necke.