KJV ¹ The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

WLC ¹ מִ֭שְׁלֵי שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה בֶן־ דָּוִ֑ד מֶ֝֗לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

KJV ² To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

WLC ² לָדַ֣עַת חָכְמָ֣ה וּמוּסָ֑ר לְ֝הָבִ֗ין אִמְרֵ֥י בִינָֽה׃

KJV ³ To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;

WLC ³ לָ֭קַחַת מוּסַ֣ר הַשְׂכֵּ֑ל צֶ֥דֶק וּ֝מִשְׁפָּ֗ט וּמֵישָׁרִֽים׃

KJV ⁴ To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

WLC ⁴ לָתֵ֣ת לִפְתָאיִ֣ם עָרְמָ֑ה לְ֝נַ֗עַר דַּ֣עַת וּמְזִמָּֽה׃

KJV ⁵ A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

WLC ⁵ יִשְׁמַ֣ע חָ֭כָם וְי֣וֹסֶף לֶ֑קַח וְ֝נָב֗וֹן תַּחְבֻּל֥וֹת יִקְנֶֽה׃

KJV ⁶ To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

WLC ⁶ לְהָבִ֣ין מָ֭שָׁל וּמְלִיצָ֑ה דִּבְרֵ֥י חֲ֝כָמִ֗ים וְחִידֹתָֽם׃

KJV ⁷ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

WLC ⁷ יִרְאַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה רֵאשִׁ֣ית דָּ֑עַת חָכְמָ֥ה וּ֝מוּסָ֗ר אֱוִילִ֥ים בָּֽזוּ׃

KJV ⁸ My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

WLC ⁸ שְׁמַ֣ע בְּ֭נִי מוּסַ֣ר אָבִ֑יךָ וְאַל־ תִּ֝טֹּ֗שׁ תּוֹרַ֥ת אִמֶּֽךָ׃

KJV ⁹ For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

WLC ⁹ כִּ֤י ׀ לִוְיַ֤ת חֵ֓ן הֵ֬ם לְרֹאשֶׁ֑ךָ וַ֝עֲנָקִ֗ים לְגַרְגְּרֹתֶֽיךָ׃

KJV ¹⁰ My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

WLC ¹⁰ בְּנִ֡י אִם־ יְפַתּ֥וּךָ חַ֝טָּאִ֗ים אַל־ תֹּבֵֽא׃

KJV ¹¹ If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

WLC ¹¹ אִם־ יֹאמְרוּ֮ לְכָ֪ה אִ֫תָּ֥נוּ נֶאֶרְבָ֥ה לְדָ֑ם נִצְפְּנָ֖ה לְנָקִ֣י חִנָּֽם׃

KJV ¹² Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

WLC ¹² נִ֭בְלָעֵם כִּשְׁא֣וֹל חַיִּ֑ים וּ֝תְמִימִ֗ים כְּי֣וֹרְדֵי בֽוֹר׃

KJV ¹³ We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

WLC ¹³ כָּל־ ה֣וֹן יָקָ֣ר נִמְצָ֑א נְמַלֵּ֖א בָתֵּ֣ינוּ שָׁלָֽל׃

KJV ¹⁴ Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

WLC ¹⁴ גּ֭וֹרָ֣לְךָ תַּפִּ֣יל בְּתוֹכֵ֑נוּ כִּ֥יס אֶ֝חָ֗ד יִהְיֶ֥ה לְכֻלָּֽנוּ׃

KJV ¹⁵ My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

WLC ¹⁵ בְּנִ֗י אַל־ תֵּלֵ֣ךְ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ אִתָּ֑ם מְנַ֥ע רַ֝גְלְךָ֗ מִנְּתִיבָתָֽם׃

KJV ¹⁶ For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

WLC ¹⁶ כִּ֣י רַ֭גְלֵיהֶם לָרַ֣ע יָר֑וּצוּ וִֽ֝ימַהֲר֗וּ לִשְׁפָּךְ־ דָּֽם׃

KJV ¹⁷ Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

WLC ¹⁷ כִּֽי־ חִ֭נָּם מְזֹרָ֣ה הָרָ֑שֶׁת בְּ֝עֵינֵ֗י כָל־ בַּ֥עַל כָּנָֽף׃

KJV ¹⁸ And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

WLC ¹⁸ וְ֭הֵם לְדָמָ֣ם יֶאֱרֹ֑בוּ יִ֝צְפְּנ֗וּ לְנַפְשֹׁתָֽם׃

KJV ¹⁹ So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

WLC ¹⁹ כֵּ֗ן אָ֭רְחוֹת כָּל־ בֹּ֣צֵֽעַ בָּ֑צַע אֶת־ נֶ֖פֶשׁ בְּעָלָ֣יו יִקָּֽח׃

KJV ²⁰ Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:

WLC ²⁰ חָ֭כְמוֹת בַּח֣וּץ תָּרֹ֑נָּה בָּ֝רְחֹב֗וֹת תִּתֵּ֥ן קוֹלָֽהּ׃

KJV ²¹ She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,

WLC ²¹ בְּרֹ֥אשׁ הֹמִיּ֗וֹת תִּ֫קְרָ֥א בְּפִתְחֵ֖י שְׁעָרִ֥ים בָּעִ֗יר אֲמָרֶ֥יהָ תֹאמֵֽר׃

KJV ²² How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

WLC ²² עַד־ מָתַ֣י ׀ פְּתָיִם֮ תְּֽאֵהֲב֫וּ פֶ֥תִי וְלֵצִ֗ים לָ֭צוֹן חָמְד֣וּ לָהֶ֑ם וּ֝כְסִילִ֗ים יִשְׂנְאוּ־ דָֽעַת׃

KJV ²³ Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

WLC ²³ תָּשׁ֗וּבוּ לְֽת֫וֹכַחְתִּ֥י הִנֵּ֤ה אַבִּ֣יעָה לָכֶ֣ם רוּחִ֑י אוֹדִ֖יעָה דְבָרַ֣י אֶתְכֶֽם׃

KJV ²⁴ Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

WLC ²⁴ יַ֣עַן קָ֭רָאתִי וַתְּמָאֵ֑נוּ נָטִ֥יתִי יָ֝דִ֗י וְאֵ֣ין מַקְשִֽׁיב׃

KJV ²⁵ But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

WLC ²⁵ וַתִּפְרְע֥וּ כָל־ עֲצָתִ֑י וְ֝תוֹכַחְתִּ֗י לֹ֣א אֲבִיתֶֽם׃

KJV ²⁶ I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

WLC ²⁶ גַּם־ אֲ֭נִי בְּאֵידְכֶ֣ם אֶשְׂחָ֑ק אֶ֝לְעַ֗ג בְּבֹ֣א פַחְדְּכֶֽם׃

KJV ²⁷ When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

WLC ²⁷ בְּבֹ֤א פַּחְדְּכֶ֗ם וְֽ֭אֵידְכֶם כְּסוּפָ֣ה יֶאֱתֶ֑ה בְּבֹ֥א עֲ֝לֵיכֶ֗ם צָרָ֥ה וְצוּקָֽה׃

KJV ²⁸ Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

WLC ²⁸ אָ֣ז יִ֭קְרָאֻנְנִי וְלֹ֣א אֶֽעֱנֶ֑ה יְ֝שַׁחֲרֻ֗נְנִי וְלֹ֣א יִמְצָאֻֽנְנִי׃

KJV ²⁹ For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

WLC ²⁹ תַּ֭חַת כִּי־ שָׂ֣נְאוּ דָ֑עַת וְיִרְאַ֥ת יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה לֹ֣א בָחָֽרוּ׃

KJV ³⁰ They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

WLC ³⁰ לֹא־ אָב֥וּ לַעֲצָתִ֑י נָ֝אֲצ֗וּ כָּל־ תּוֹכַחְתִּֽי׃

KJV ³¹ Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

WLC ³¹ וְֽ֭יֹאכְלוּ מִפְּרִ֣י דַרְכָּ֑ם וּֽמִמֹּעֲצֹ֖תֵיהֶ֣ם יִשְׂבָּֽעוּ׃

KJV ³² For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

WLC ³² כִּ֤י מְשׁוּבַ֣ת פְּתָיִ֣ם תַּֽהַרְגֵ֑ם וְשַׁלְוַ֖ת כְּסִילִ֣ים תְּאַבְּדֵֽם׃

KJV ³³ But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

WLC ³³ וְשֹׁמֵ֣עַֽ לִ֭י יִשְׁכָּן־ בֶּ֑טַח וְ֝שַׁאֲנַ֗ן מִפַּ֥חַד רָעָֽה׃