Proverbs 1:1-9 ▼

1 THE proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:

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

3 To receive discipline, reverence, righteousness, and justice, and equity;

4 To give subtlety to the simple, to the young men knowledge and discretion.

5 A wise man will listen and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain to leadership;

6 To understand proverbs and figures of speech; the words of the wise and their dark sayings.

7 The reverence of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; but fools despise knowledge and instruction.

8 Hear, my son, the ordinance of your father, and forsake not the law of your mother;

9 For they shall be an ornament of grace for your head and a necklace about your neck.