{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/proverbs/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T12:38:15.847Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Proverbs","bookSlug":"proverbs","chapter":1,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":null,"nextChapter":2,"totalChapters":31,"totalVerses":33},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"To know wisdom and instruction; To discern the words of understanding;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"To receive instruction in wise dealing, In righteousness and justice and equity;"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"To give prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion:"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; But the foolish despise wisdom and instruction."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"My son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit;"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"We shall find all precious substance; We shall fill our houses with spoil;"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Thou shalt cast thy lot among us; We will all have one purse:"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places;"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"She crieth in the chief place of concourse; At the entrance of the gates, In the city, she uttereth her words:"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Turn you at my reproof: Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you; I will make known my words unto you."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Because I have called, and ye have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded;"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof:"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"I also will laugh in the day of your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah:"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"They would none of my counsel; They despised all my reproof."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, And shall be quiet without fear of evil."}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 1 (ASV)","markdown":"[Proverbs 1](https://primebible.com/asv/proverbs/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/proverbs/1 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}