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¹ These are the wise words of Solomon son of David, king of Israel.
² They teach wisdom and self-control;
    they will help you understand wise words.
³ They will teach you how to be wise and self-controlled
    and will teach you to do what is honest and fair and right.
⁴ They make the uneducated wise
    and give knowledge and sense to the young.
⁵ Wise people can also listen and learn;
    even they can find good advice in these words.
⁶ Then anyone can understand wise words and stories,
    the words of the wise and their riddles.

⁷ Knowledge begins with respect for the Lord,
    but fools hate wisdom and discipline.

⁸ My child, listen to your father's teaching
    and do not forget your mother's advice.
⁹ Their teaching will be like flowers in your hair
    or a necklace around your neck.

¹⁰ My child, if sinners try to lead you into sin,
    do not follow them.
¹¹ They will say, "Come with us.
    Let's ambush and kill someone;
    let's attack some innocent people just for fun.
¹² Let's swallow them alive, as death does;
    let's swallow them whole, as the grave does.
¹³ We will take all kinds of valuable things
    and fill our houses with stolen goods.
¹⁴ Come join us,
    and we will share with you stolen goods."
¹⁵ My child, do not go along with them;
    do not do what they do.
¹⁶ They are eager to do evil
    and are quick to kill.
¹⁷ It is useless to spread out a net
    right where the birds can see it.
¹⁸ But sinners will fall into their own traps;
    they will only catch themselves!
¹⁹ All greedy people end up this way;
    greed kills selfish people.

²⁰ Wisdom is like a woman shouting in the street;
    she raises her voice in the city squares.
²¹ She cries out in the noisy street
    and shouts at the city gates:
²² "You fools, how long will you be foolish?
    How long will you make fun of wisdom
    and hate knowledge?
²³ If only you had listened when I corrected you,
    I would have told you what's in my heart;
    I would have told you what I am thinking.
²⁴ I called, but you refused to listen;
    I held out my hand, but you paid no attention.
²⁵ You did not follow my advice
    and did not listen when I corrected you.
²⁶ So I will laugh when you are in trouble.
    I will make fun when disaster strikes you,
²⁷ when disaster comes over you like a storm,
    when trouble strikes you like a whirlwind,
    when pain and trouble overwhelm you.

²⁸ "Then you will call to me,
    but I will not answer.
You will look for me,
    but you will not find me.
²⁹ It is because you rejected knowledge
    and did not choose to respect the Lord.
³⁰ You did not accept my advice,
    and you rejected my correction.
³¹ So you will get what you deserve;
    you will get what you planned for others.
³² Fools will die because they refuse to listen;
    they will be destroyed because they do not care.
³³ But those who listen to me will live in safety
    and be at peace, without fear of injury."