Proverbs
Chapters 1:7-13
New International Version Anglicized
7The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8Listen, my son, to your father’s instructionand do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
9They are a garland to grace your headand a chain to adorn your neck.
10My son, if sinful men entice you,do not give in to them.
11If they say, ‘Come along with us;let’s lie in wait for innocent blood,let’s ambush some harmless soul;
12let’s swallow them alive, like the grave,and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
13we will get all sorts of valuable thingsand fill our houses with plunder;