Proverbs 1:1-9 ▼

1 Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel;

2 To know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;

3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice and judgment, and uprightness;

4 To give craftiness to the simple, and to the youth, knowledge and meditation.

5 The wise one will hear and he will add learning: and he understanding, shall obtain guidance:

6 To understand a proverb, and an enigma: the words of the wise and their parables.

7 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge: the foolish despised wisdom and instruction.

8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and thou shalt not reject the law of thy mother:

9 For they a garland of grace to thy head, and necklaces for thy throat.