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Proverbs 1 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:1 - The Proverbs of Solomon son of David, who reigned in Israel;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:2 - to know wisdom and instruction, and to perceive words of understanding;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:3 - to receive also [fn]hard sayings, and to understand true justice, and how to direct judgment;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:4 - that he might give subtlety to the simple, and to the young man [fn]discernment and understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:5 - For by the hearing of these a wise man will be wiser, and the man of understanding will gain direction;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:6 - and will understand a parable, and a dark speech; the sayings of the wise also, and riddles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:7 - The fear of the Lord is the [fn]beginning of wisdom; and there is good understanding to all that practise it: and piety toward God is the beginning of discernment; but the ungodly will set at nought wisdom and instruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:8 - Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and reject not the rules of thy mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:9 - For thou shalt receive for thine head a crown of graces, and a chain of gold round thy neck.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:10 - My son, let not ungodly men lead thee astray, neither consent thou to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:11 - If they should exhort thee, saying, Come with us, partake in blood, and let us unjustly hide the just man in the earth:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:12 - and let us swallow him alive, as Hades would, and remove the memorial of him from the earth:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:13 - let us seize on his valuable property, and let us fill our houses with spoils:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:14 - but do thou cast in thy lot with us, and let us all provide a common purse, and let us have one pouch:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:15 - go not in the way with them, but turn aside thy foot from their paths:[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:17 - for nets are not without cause spread for birds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:18 - For they that are concerned in murder store up evils for themselves; and the overthrow of transgressors is evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:19 - These are the ways of all that perform lawless deeds; for by ungodliness they destroy their own life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:20 - Wisdom sings aloud in passages, and in the broad places speaks boldly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:21 - And she makes proclamation on the top of the walls, and sits by the gates of princes; and at the gates of the city boldly says,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:22 - So long as the simple cleave to justice, they shall not be ashamed: but the foolish being lovers of haughtiness, having become ungodly have hated knowledge, and are become subject to reproofs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:23 - Behold, I will bring forth to you the utterance of my breath, and I will instruct you in my speech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:24 - Since I called, and ye did not hearken; and I spoke at length, and ye gave no heed;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:25 - but ye set at nought my counsels, and disregarded my reproofs;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:26 - therefore I also will laugh at your destruction; and I will rejoice against you when ruin comes upon you:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:27 - yea when dismay suddenly comes upon you, and your overthrow shall arrive like a tempest; and when tribulation and distress shall come upon you, or when ruin shall come upon you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:28 - For it shall be that when ye call upon me, I will not hearken to you: wicked men shall seek me, but shall not find me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:29 - For they hated wisdom, and did not choose the word of the Lord:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:30 - neither would they attend to my counsels, but derided my reproofs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:31 - Therefore shall they eat the fruits of their own way, and shall be filled with their own ungodliness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:32 - For because they wronged the simple, they shall be slain; and an inquisition shall ruin the ungodly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:33 - But he that hearkens to me shall dwell in [fn]confidence, and shall rest securely from all evil.
BES Footnotes
Gr. turnings, q. d. knotty words. See Heb.
Or, discretion.
Or, sum, or, top.
For ver 16, see Appendix.
Gr. hope. See Ps. 16.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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