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son of David, king of Israel,
 * proverbs of Solomon the
 * To know wisdom and instruction;
 * To comprehend the words of understanding;
 * To receive the discipline of wisdom,
 * Justice, and right, and equity;
 * To give prudence to the simple,
 * To the young man knowledge and discretion;
 * That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning,
 * And the man of understanding may attain unto wise counsels;
 * To understand a proverb, and a figure;
 * The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.


 * The fear of the is the beginning of knowledge;
 * But the foolish despise wisdom and discipline.


 * Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father,
 * And forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
 * For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head,
 * And chains about thy neck.


 * My son, if sinners entice thee,
 * Consent thou not.
 * If they say: 'Come with us,
 * Let us lie in wait for blood,
 * Let us lurk for the innocent without cause;
 * Let us swallow them up alive as the grave,
 * And whole, as those that go down into the pit;
 * We shall find all precious substance,
 * We shall fill our houses with spoil;
 * Cast in thy lot among us;
 * Let us all have one purse'—
 * My son, walk not thou in the way with them,
 * Restrain thy foot from their path;
 * For their feet run to evil,
 * And they make haste to shed blood.
 * For in vain the net is spread
 * In the eyes of any bird;
 * And these lie in wait for their own blood,
 * They lurk for their own lives.
 * So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain;
 * It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.


 * Wisdom crieth aloud in the street,
 * She uttereth her voice in the broad places;
 * She calleth at the head of the noisy streets,
 * At the entrances of the gates, in the city, she uttereth her words:
 * 'How long, ye thoughtless, will ye love thoughtlessness?
 * And how long will scorners delight them in scorning,
 * And fools hate knowledge?
 * Turn you at my reproof;
 * Behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you,