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Proverbs 1

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Introduction

1  The use of the proverbs.
7  An exhortation to fear God, and believe his word;
10  to avoid the enticings of sinners.
20  Wisdom complains of her contempt.
24  She threatens her contemners.
Verse 1

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
proverbs
10:1, 25:1, 1 Kings 4:31,32, Ecclesiastes 12:9, John 16:25
Solomon
2 Samuel 12:24,25, 1 Kings 2:12, 1 Chronicles 22:9, 28:5, 29:28
Verse 2

To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
4:5-7, 7:4, 8:5, 16:16, 17:16, Deuteronomy 4:5,6, 1 Kings 3:9-12, 2 Timothy 3:15-17
Verse 3

To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
receive
2:1-9, 8:10,11, Job 22:22
equity
Heb. equities.
1 Kings 3:28
Verse 4

To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
subtilty
22,23, 8:5, 9:4-6, Psalms 19:7, 119:130, Isaiah 35:8
to the
7:7-24, 8:17,32, Psalms 34:11, 119:9, Ecclesiastes 11:9,10, 12:1, 2 Timothy 2:22, Titus 2:6
discretion
or, advisement.
Verse 5

A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
wise
9:9, 12:1, Job 34:10,16,34, Psalms 119:98-100, 1 Corinthians 10:15
a man
1 Samuel 25:32,33, 2 Chronicles 25:16
Verse 6

To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
a proverb
Matthew 13:10-17,51,52, Mark 4:11,34, Acts 8:30,31
the interpretation
or, an eloquent speech. the words.
Ecclesiastes 12:11
dark
Psalms 49:4, 78:2, Matthew 13:34,35, Hebrews 5:14, 2 Peter 3:16
Verse 7

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
fear
9:10, Job 28:28, Psalms 111:10, 112:1, Ecclesiastes 12:13
beginning
or, principal part. but.
22,29,30, 5:12,13, 15:5, 18:2, John 3:18-21, Romans 1:28
Verse 8

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
My son
10,15, 2:1, 3:1, 7:1, Matthew 9:2,22
hear
4:1-4, 5:1,2, 6:20, 30:17, 31:1, Leviticus 19:3, Deuteronomy 21:18-21, 1 Samuel 2:25, 2 Timothy 1:5
Verse 9

For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
they
3:22, 4:9, 6:20,21, 1 Timothy 2:9,10, 1 Peter 3:3,4
an ornament
Heb. an adding.
Genesis 41:42, Song of Solomon 1:10, 4:9, Isaiah 3:19, Ezekiel 16:11, Daniel 5:7,16,29
Verse 10

My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
7:21-23, 13:20, 20:19, Genesis 39:7-13, Judges 16:16-21, Psalms 1:1, 50:18, Romans 16:18, Ephesians 5:11
Verse 11

If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
let us lay
16, 12:6, 30:14, Psalms 56:6, 64:5,6, Jeremiah 5:26, Micah 7:2, Acts 23:15, 25:3
let us lurk
18, Psalms 10:8-10, 17:12, 35:7, Jeremiah 11:19, 18:18-20, Matthew 26:3,4, John 15:25
Verse 12

Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
swallow
Psalms 35:25, 56:1,2, 57:3, 124:3, Jeremiah 51:34, Lamentations 2:5,16, Micah 3:2,3
as the
Psalms 5:9, Romans 3:13
whole
Numbers 16:30-33, 26:10, Psalms 28:1, 143:7
Verse 13

We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
19, Job 24:2,3, Isaiah 10:13,14, Jeremiah 22:16,17, Nahum 2:12, Haggai 2:9, Luke 12:15, 1 Timothy 6:9,10, Revelation 18:9-16
Verse 15

My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
walk
4:14,15, 9:6, 13:20, Psalms 1:1, 26:4,5, 2 Corinthians 6:17
refrain
4:27, 5:8, Psalms 119:101, Jeremiah 14:10
Verse 16

For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
4:16, 6:18, Isaiah 59:7, Romans 3:5
Verse 17

Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
in vain
7:23, Job 35:11, Isaiah 1:3, Jeremiah 8:7
sight of any bird
Heb. eyes of everything that hath a wing.
Verse 18

And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
5:22,23, 9:17,18, 28:17, Esther 7:10, Psalms 7:14-16, 9:16, 55:23, Matthew 27:4,5
Verse 19

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
every
15:27, 23:3,4, 2 Samuel 18:11-13, 2 Kings 5:20-27, Jeremiah 22:17-19, Micah 2:1-3, Micah 3:10-12, Habakkuk 2:9, Acts 8:19,20, 1 Timothy 3:3, 6:9,10, James 5:1-4, 2 Peter 2:3,14-16
taketh
Job 31:39, Ecclesiastes 5:13
Verse 20

Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
Wisdom
Heb. Wisdoms, that is, excellent wisdom.
Matthew 13:54, Luke 11:49, 1 Corinthians 1:24,30, Colossians 2:3
crieth
8:1-5, 9:3, John 7:37
Verse 21

She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
9:3, Matthew 10:27, 13:2, John 18:20, Acts 5:20
Verse 22

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
How
6:9, Exodus 10:3, 16:28, Numbers 14:27, Matthew 17:17
ye simple
7:7, 9:4-6,16-18, Psalms 94:8, Matthew 9:13, 11:29,30, 23:37, Luke 19:42, Revelation 22:17
the scorners
3:34, 14:6, 15:12, 19:29, 21:11, Job 34:7, Psalms 1:1, 2 Peter 3:3
fools
7,29, 5:12, John 3:20
Verse 23

Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
Turn
Isaiah 55:1-3,6,7, Jeremiah 3:14, Ezekiel 18:27-30, 33:11, Hosea 14:1, Acts 3:19, Acts 26:20
my reproof
25,30, 6:23, 10:17, 12:1, 29:1, Psalms 145:1, Revelation 3:19
behold
Isaiah 32:15, 45:8, Joel 2:28, Zechariah 12:10, Luke 11:13, John 7:36,37, Acts 2:36-38, Revelation 3:16-18
Verse 24

Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
I have called
Isaiah 50:2, 65:12, 66:4, Jeremiah 7:13, Ezekiel 8:18, Zechariah 7:11,12, Matthew 22:5,6, Matthew 23:37,38, Hebrews 12:25,26
stretched
Psalms 31:20, Acts 4:30, Romans 10:21
Verse 25

But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
ye
30, 2 Chronicles 36:16, Psalms 107:11, Luke 7:30
would
30, 5:12, 12:1, Psalms 81:11
Verse 26

I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
Judges 10:14, Psalms 2:4, 37:13, Luke 14:24
Verse 27

When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
your fear
3:25,26, 10:24,25, Psalms 69:22-28, Luke 21:26,34,35, 1 Thessalonians 5:3, Revelation 6:15-17
as a
Psalms 58:9, Isaiah 17:13, Nahum 1:3
distress
Luke 21:23-25, Romans 2:9
Verse 28

Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
shall they
Genesis 6:3, Job 27:9, 35:12, Psalms 18:41, Isaiah 1:15, Jeremiah 11:11, 14:12, Ezekiel 8:18, Micah 3:4, Zechariah 7:13, Matthew 7:22,23, 25:10-12, Luke 13:25-28, James 4:3
they shall seek
Psalms 78:34-36, Hosea 5:15, 6:1-4
Verse 29

For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
that
22, 5:12, 6:23, Job 21:14,15, Psalms 50:16,17, Isaiah 27:11, 30:9-12, John 3:20, Acts 7:51-54
not
Luke 10:42, Hebrews 11:25
Verse 30

They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
25, Psalms 81:11, 119:111,173, Jeremiah 8:9, Luke 14:18-20
Verse 31

Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
14:14, 22:8, Job 4:8, Isaiah 3:10,11, Jeremiah 2:19, 6:19, Galatians 6:7,8
Verse 32

For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
the turning
8:36, John 3:36, Hebrews 10:38,39, 12:25
and the
Deuteronomy 32:15-44, Psalms 69:22, 92:6,7, Luke 12:16-21, 16:19-25, Hebrews 12:8, James 5:5
prosperity
or, ease.
Jeremiah 48:11,12
Verse 33

But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
whoso
8:32-35, 9:11, Psalms 25:12,13, 81:13, Isaiah 48:18, 55:3, Matthew 17:5, John 10:27-29, 1 Peter 1:5
and shall
3:21-26, 14:26, Psalms 112:7, Isaiah 26:3, Luke 21:9,19, Romans 8:35-39

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