Scriptures

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Proverbs 1
² To know wisdom and instruction, To discern the sayings of understanding,
³ To receive instruction in wise behavior, Righteousness, justice and equity;
⁴ To give prudence to the naive, To the youth knowledge and discretion,
⁵ A wise man will hear and increase in learning, And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel,
⁶ To understand a proverb and a figure, The words of the wise and their riddles.
⁷ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
⁸ Hear, my son, your father’s instruction And do not forsake your mother’s teaching;
⁹ Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head And ornaments 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 ambush the innocent without cause;
¹² Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, Even whole, as those who go down to the pit;