Scriptures

New King James Version (NKJV)

Proverbs 1
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 prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion--
⁵ A wise man will hear and increase learning, And a man of understanding will attain wise counsel,
⁶ To understand a proverb and an enigma, 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 law of your mother;
⁹ For they will be a graceful ornament 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 to shed blood; Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
¹² Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, And whole, like those who go down to the Pit;