Proverbs 1:1

AMP: The proverbs (truths obscurely expressed, maxims) of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:

ASV: The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:

BSB: These are the proverbs of Solomon son of David,king of Israel,

DARBY: Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:

DRA: The parables of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.

KJV: The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 1:2

AMP: To know [skillful and godly] wisdom and instruction;To discern and comprehend the words of understanding and insight,

ASV: To know wisdom and instruction; To discern the words of understanding;

BSB: for gaining wisdom and discipline,for comprehending words of insight,

DARBY: to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;

DRA: To know wisdom, and instruction:

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

Proverbs 1:3

AMP: To receive instruction in wise behavior and the discipline of wise thoughtfulness,Righteousness, justice, and integrity;

ASV: To receive instruction in wise dealing, In righteousness and justice and equity;

BSB: and for receiving instruction in wise livingand in righteousness, justice, and equity.

DARBY: to receive the instruction of wisdom, righteousness and judgment, and equity;

DRA: To understand the words of prudence: and to receive the instruction of doctrine, justice, and judgment, and equity:

KJV: To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;

Proverbs 1:4

AMP: That prudence (good judgment, astute common sense) may be given to the naive or inexperienced [who are easily misled],And knowledge and discretion (intelligent discernment) to the youth,

ASV: To give prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion:

BSB: To impart prudence to the simpleand knowledge and discretion to the young,

DARBY: to give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

DRA: To give subtilty to little ones, to the young man knowledge and understanding.

KJV: To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

Proverbs 1:5

AMP: The wise will hear and increase their learning,And the person of understanding will acquire wise counsel and the skill [to steer his course wisely and lead others to the truth], [Prov 9:9]

ASV: That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:

BSB: let the wise listen and gain instruction,and the discerning acquire wise counsel

DARBY: He that is wise will hear, and will increase learning; and the intelligent will gain wise counsels:

DRA: A wise man shall hear and shall be wiser: and he that understandeth, shall possess governments.

KJV: A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

Proverbs 1:6

AMP: To understand a proverb and a figure [of speech] or an enigma with its interpretation,And the words of the wise and their riddles [that require reflection].

ASV: To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

BSB: by understanding the proverbs and parables,the sayings and riddles of the wise.

DARBY: to understand a proverb and an allegory, the words of the wise and their enigmas.

DRA: He shall understand a parable, and the interpretation, the words of the wise, and their mysterious sayings.

KJV: To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

Proverbs 1:7

AMP: ¶The [reverent] fear of the Lord [that is, worshiping Him and regarding Him as truly awesome] is the beginning and the preeminent part of knowledge [its starting point and its essence];But arrogant fools despise [skillful and godly] wisdom and instruction and self-discipline. [Ps 111:10]

ASV: The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; [But] the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

BSB: The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge,but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

DARBY: The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge: fools despise wisdom and instruction.

DRA: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

KJV: The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 1:8

AMP: ¶My son, hear the instruction of your father,And do not reject the teaching of your mother.

ASV: My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

BSB: Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction,and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.

DARBY: Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;

DRA: My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother :

KJV: My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Proverbs 1:9

AMP: For they are a garland of grace on your head,And chains and ornaments [of gold] around your neck.

ASV: For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.

BSB: For they are a garland of grace on your headand a pendant around your neck.

DARBY: for they shall be a garland of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

DRA: That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck.

KJV: For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

Proverbs 1:10

AMP: My son, if sinners entice you,Do not consent. [Ps 1:1; Eph 5:11]

ASV: My son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not.

BSB: My son, if sinners entice you,do not yield to them.

DARBY: My son, if sinners entice thee, consent not.

DRA: My son, if sinners shall entice thee, consent not to them.

KJV: My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

Proverbs 1:11

AMP: If they say, “Come with us;Let us lie in wait to shed blood,Let us ambush the innocent without cause;

ASV: If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;

BSB: If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood,let us ambush the innocent without cause,

DARBY: If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

DRA: If they shall say: Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us hide snares for the innocent without cause:

KJV: If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

Proverbs 1:12

AMP: Let us swallow them alive like Sheol (the place of the dead),Even whole, as those who go down to the pit [of death];

ASV: Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit;

BSB: let us swallow them alive like Sheol,and whole like those descending into the Pit.

DARBY: let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those that go down into the pit;

DRA: Let us swallow him up alive like hell, and whole as one that goeth down into the pit.

KJV: Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

Proverbs 1:13

AMP: We will find and take all kinds of precious possessions,We will fill our houses with spoil;

ASV: We shall find all precious substance; We shall fill our houses with spoil;

BSB: We will find all manner of precious goods;we will fill our houses with plunder.

DARBY: we shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

DRA: We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoils.

KJV: We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

Proverbs 1:14

AMP: Throw in your lot with us [they insist];We will all have one money bag [in common],”

ASV: Thou shalt cast thy lot among us; We will all have one purse:

BSB: Throw in your lot with us;let us all share one purse” —

DARBY: cast in thy lot among us; we will all have one purse:

DRA: Cast in thy lot with us, let us all have one purse.

KJV: Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

Proverbs 1:15

AMP: My son, do not walk on the road with them;Keep your foot [far] away from their path,

ASV: My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:

BSB: my son, do not walk the road with themor set foot upon their path.

DARBY: my son, walk not in the way with them, keep back thy foot from their path;

DRA: My son, walk not thou with them, restrain thy foot from their paths.

KJV: My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

Proverbs 1:16

AMP: For their feet run to evil,And they hurry to shed blood.

ASV: For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.

BSB: For their feet run to evil,and they are swift to shed blood.

DARBY: for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.

DRA: For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

KJV: For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

Proverbs 1:17

AMP: Indeed, it is useless to spread the baited netIn the sight of any bird;

ASV: For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:

BSB: How futile it is to spread the netwhere any bird can see it!

DARBY: For in vain the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings.

DRA: But a net is spread in vain before the eyes of them that have wings.

KJV: Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

Proverbs 1:18

AMP: But [when these people set a trap for others] they lie in wait for their own blood;They set an ambush for their own lives [and rush to their destruction].

ASV: And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.

BSB: But they lie in wait for their own blood;they ambush their own lives.

DARBY: And these lay wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.

DRA: And they themselves lie in wait for their own blood, and practise deceits against their own souls.

KJV: And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

Proverbs 1:19

AMP: So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain;Greed takes away the lives of its possessors. [Prov 15:27; 1 Tim 6:10]

ASV: So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

BSB: Such is the fate of all who are greedy,whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.

DARBY: So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors.

DRA: So the wage of every covetous man destroy the souls of the possessors.

KJV: So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

Proverbs 1:20

AMP: ¶Wisdom shouts in the street,She raises her voice in the markets;

ASV: Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places;

BSB: Wisdom calls out in the street,she lifts her voice in the square;

DARBY: Wisdom crieth without; she raiseth her voice in the broadways;

DRA: Wisdom preacheth abroad, she uttereth her voice in the streets:

KJV: Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:

Proverbs 1:21

AMP: She calls out at the head of the noisy streets [where large crowds gather];At the entrance of the city gates she speaks her words:

ASV: She crieth in the chief place of concourse; At the entrance of the gates, In the city, she uttereth her words:

BSB: in the main concourse she cries aloud,at the city gates she makes her speech:

DARBY: she calleth in the chief [place] of concourse, in the entry of the gates; in the city she uttereth her words:

DRA: At the head of multitudes she crieth out, in the entrance of the gates of the city she uttereth her words, saying:

KJV: She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,

Proverbs 1:22

AMP: “How long, O naive ones [you who are easily misled], will you love being simple-minded and undiscerning?How long will scoffers [who ridicule and deride] delight in scoffing,How long will fools [who obstinately mock truth] hate knowledge?

ASV: How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?

BSB: “How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways?How long will scoffers delight in their scornand fools hate knowledge?

DARBY: How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish hate knowledge?

DRA: O children, how long will you love childishness, and fools covet those things which are hurtful to themselves, and the unwise hate knowledge?

KJV: How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

Proverbs 1:23

AMP: “If you will turn and pay attention to my rebuke,Behold, I [Wisdom] will pour out my spirit on you;I will make my words known to you. [Is 11:2; Eph 1:17-20]

ASV: Turn you at my reproof: Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you; I will make known my words unto you.

BSB: If you had repented at my rebuke,then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you;I would have made my words known to you.

DARBY: Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour forth my spirit unto you, I will make known to you my words.

DRA: Turn ye at my reproof: behold I will utter my spirit to you, and will shew you my words.

KJV: Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

Proverbs 1:24

AMP: “Because I called and you refused [to answer],I stretched out my hand and no one has paid attention [to my offer]; [Is 65:11, 12; 66:4; Jer 7:13, 14; Zech 7:11-13]

ASV: Because I have called, and ye have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded;

BSB: Because you refused my call,and no one took my outstretched hand,

DARBY: Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one regarded;

DRA: Because I called, and you refused: I stretched out my hand, and there was none that regarded.

KJV: Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

Proverbs 1:25

AMP: And you treated all my counsel as nothingAnd would not accept my reprimand,

ASV: But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof:

BSB: because you neglected all my counsel,and wanted none of my correction,

DARBY: and ye have rejected all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

DRA: You have despised all my counsel, and have neglected my reprehensions.

KJV: But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

Proverbs 1:26

AMP: I also will laugh at your disaster;I will mock when your dread and panic come,

ASV: I also will laugh in [the day of] your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

BSB: in turn I will mock your calamity;I will sneer when terror strikes you,

DARBY: I also will laugh in your calamity, I will mock when your fear cometh;

DRA: I also will laugh in your destruction, and will mock when that shall come to you which you feared.

KJV: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

Proverbs 1:27

AMP: When your dread and panic come like a storm,And your disaster comes like a whirlwind,When anxiety and distress come upon you [as retribution].

ASV: When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you.

BSB: when your dread comes like a storm,and your destruction like a whirlwind,when distress and anguish overwhelm you.

DARBY: when your fear cometh as sudden destruction, and your calamity cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you:

DRA: When sudden calamity shall fall on you, and destruction, as a tempest, shall be at hand: when tribulation and distress shall come upon you:

KJV: When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

Proverbs 1:28

AMP: “Then they will call upon me (Wisdom), but I will not answer;They will seek me eagerly but they will not find me, [Job 27:9; 35:12, 13; Is 1:15, 16; Jer 11:11; Mic 3:4; James 4:3]

ASV: Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:

BSB: Then they will call on me, but I will not answer;they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.

DARBY: then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me early, and shall not find me.

DRA: Then shall they call upon me, and I will not hear: they shall rise in the morning and shall not find me:

KJV: Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

Proverbs 1:29

AMP: Because they hated knowledgeAnd did not choose the fear of the Lord [that is, obeying Him with reverence and awe-filled respect], [Prov 8:13]

ASV: For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah:

BSB: For they hated knowledgeand chose not to fear the LORD.

DARBY: Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Jehovah;

DRA: Because they have hated instruction and received not the fear of the Lord,

KJV: For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

Proverbs 1:30

AMP: They would not accept my counsel,And they spurned all my rebuke.

ASV: They would none of my counsel; They despised all my reproof.

BSB: They accepted none of my counsel;they despised all my reproof.

DARBY: they would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof:

DRA: Nor consented to my counsel, but despised all my reproof.

KJV: They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

Proverbs 1:31

AMP: “Therefore they shall eat of the fruit of their own [wicked] wayAnd be satiated with [the penalty of] their own devices.

ASV: Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices.

BSB: So they will eat the fruit of their own way,and be filled with their own devices.

DARBY: therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their way, and be filled with their own devices.

DRA: Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and shall be filled with their own devices.

KJV: Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

Proverbs 1:32

AMP: “For the turning away of the naive will kill them,And the careless ease of [self-righteous] fools will destroy them. [Is 32:6]

ASV: For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.

BSB: For the waywardness of the simple will slay them,and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

DARBY: For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of the foolish shall cause them to perish.

DRA: The turning away of little ones shall kill them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

KJV: For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

Proverbs 1:33

AMP: “But whoever listens to me (Wisdom) will live securely and in confident trustAnd will be at ease, without fear or dread of evil.”

ASV: But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, And shall be quiet without fear of evil.

BSB: But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety,secure from the fear of evil.”

DARBY: But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be at rest from fear of evil.

DRA: But he that shall hear me, shall rest without terror, and shall enjoy abundance, without fear of evils.

KJV: But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

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