Proverbs 1:1-33 MEV

[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; [14] cast in your lot among us, let us all have one purse"- [15] my son, do not walk in the way with them, keep your foot from their path; [16] for their feet run to evil and make haste to shed blood. [17] Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. [18] They lie in wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives. [19] So are the ways of everyone who is greedy of gain, which takes away the life of its owners. [20] Wisdom cries out in the street; she utters her voice in the markets. [21] She cries at the corner of the streets, in the openings of the gates; she speaks her words in the city, saying: [22] "How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge. [23] Turn at my reproof; surely I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you. [24] Because I have called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand and no man regarded, [25] because you neglected all my counsel, and would have none of my reproof, [26] I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear comes, [27] when your fear comes as desolation and your destruction comes as a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you. [28] "Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will seek me early, but they will not find me. [29] Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD, [30] they would have none of my counsel and despised all my reproof. [31] Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. [32] For the turning away of the simple will slay them, and the prosperity of fools will destroy them. [33] But whoever listens to me will dwell safely, and will be secure from fear of evil."