{"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/dbt/proverbs/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T02:07:43.739Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Proverbs","bookSlug":"proverbs","chapter":1,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":null,"nextChapter":2,"totalChapters":31,"totalVerses":33},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Proverbs of Solomon, 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 the instruction of wisdom, righteousness and judgment, and equity;"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"to give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"He that is wise will hear, and will increase learning; and the intelligent will gain wise counsels:"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"to understand a proverb and an allegory, the words of the wise and their enigmas."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge: fools despise wisdom and instruction."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"for they shall be a garland of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"My son, if sinners entice thee, consent not."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly 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":"cast in thy lot among us; we will all have one purse:"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"my son, walk not in the way with them, keep back 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 the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And these lay wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Wisdom crieth without; she raiseth her voice in the broadways;"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"she calleth in the chief place of concourse, in the entry of the gates; in the city she uttereth her words:"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish hate knowledge?"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour forth my spirit unto you, I will make known to you my words."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one regarded;"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"and ye have rejected all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"I also will laugh in your calamity, I will mock when your fear cometh;"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"when your fear cometh as sudden destruction, and your calamity cometh 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 early, and shall not find me."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Because 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 way, and be filled with their own devices."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of the foolish shall cause them to perish."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be at rest from fear of evil."}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 1 (DBT)","markdown":"[Proverbs 1](https://primebible.com/dbt/proverbs/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/proverbs/1 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}