Proverbs 1
The Purpose of Proverbs
1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; Kingdom: Proverbs 25:1, 1 Kings 2:12, 1 Chronicles 28:5, Ecclesiastes 1:1. References Israel: 1 Chronicles 22:9. Parallel theme: Proverbs 10:1, Ecclesiastes 12:9 +2
2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; Parallel theme: Proverbs 7:4, 17:16
3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; Judgment: 1 Kings 3:28. Parallel theme: Job 22:22
4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. Parallel theme: Proverbs 8:5, 8:12, 8:17, 8:32, Psalms 119:9, 119:130
5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: Parallel theme: Proverbs 9:9, 12:1, 2 Chronicles 25:16, Job 34:10, 34:16, 34:34, 1 Corinthians 10:15 +2
6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. Darkness: Numbers 12:8, Psalms 49:4, 78:2. Word: Ecclesiastes 12:11, 2 Peter 3:16. Parallel theme: Mark 4:11, 4:34, Hebrews 5:14 +3
7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. References Lord: Proverbs 9:10, 15:33, Job 28:28. Parallel theme: Proverbs 1:22, 15:5, 18:2, Ecclesiastes 12:13, Romans 1:28 +3
Warning Against Enticement
8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: Word: Proverbs 2:1, 3:1, 6:20, 7:1, 31:1. Parallel theme: Proverbs 1:10, 1:15, 30:17, Leviticus 19:3, 2 Timothy 1:5 +5
9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. Grace: Proverbs 3:22, 4:9. Parallel theme: Genesis 41:42, Isaiah 3:19, Ezekiel 16:11, Daniel 5:29
10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. Sin: Psalms 1:1. Parallel theme: Proverbs 13:20, 16:29, Deuteronomy 13:8, Psalms 50:18, Romans 16:18, Ephesians 5:11 +2
11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: Blood: Proverbs 1:18, 12:6. Parallel theme: Jeremiah 5:26
12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: Parallel theme: Psalms 28:1, 124:3, Romans 3:13
13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: Parallel theme: Luke 12:15
14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: Parallel theme: Proverbs 4:27, 5:8, Psalms 1:1, 119:101, 2 Corinthians 6:17
16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed bloodBlood: דָּם (Dam). The Hebrew dam (דָּם) means blood—representing life itself. 'The life of the flesh is in the blood' (Leviticus 17:11), and blood was required for atonement, foreshadowing Christ's sacrifice.. Blood: Isaiah 59:7. Evil: Proverbs 6:18. Parallel theme: Proverbs 4:16, Romans 3:5
17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. Parallel theme: Proverbs 7:23, Job 35:11, Jeremiah 8:7
18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives. Blood: Proverbs 28:17, Psalms 55:23. Parallel theme: Esther 7:10, Psalms 9:16
19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof. Parallel theme: Proverbs 15:27, Ecclesiastes 5:13, Habakkuk 2:9, 2 Peter 2:3
Wisdom's Call in the Streets
20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: Parallel theme: Proverbs 9:3, Matthew 13:54, Luke 11:49, 1 Corinthians 1:24, 1:30, Colossians 2:3
21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? Light: John 3:20. Parallel theme: Proverbs 1:29, 5:12, 21:11, Psalms 1:1, Matthew 9:13, Luke 19:42, 2 Peter 3:3, Revelation 22:17 +4
23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. Spirit: Isaiah 32:15, Joel 2:28, Zechariah 12:10, Luke 11:13. Parallel theme: Proverbs 12:1, Psalms 145:1, Isaiah 45:8, Ezekiel 33:11, Acts 3:19, 26:20 +5
24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; Parallel theme: Isaiah 50:2, 65:12, 66:4, Jeremiah 7:13, Ezekiel 8:18, Romans 10:21
25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: Parallel theme: Proverbs 1:30, 5:12, 12:1, 2 Chronicles 36:16, Psalms 81:11, 107:11, Luke 7:30 +2
26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. Parallel theme: Nahum 1:3, Romans 2:9
28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: Parallel theme: Job 27:9, 35:12, Psalms 18:41, Isaiah 1:15, Jeremiah 11:11, 14:12, Ezekiel 8:18, Micah 3:4, Zechariah 7:13, James 4:3 +5
29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORDLord: יְהוָה / אֲדֹנָי (YHWH / Adonai). When 'LORD' appears in small capitals, it represents the Tetragrammaton YHWH (יְהוָה), God's personal covenant name meaning 'I AM.' When 'Lord' appears normally, it's Adonai (אֲדֹנָי), meaning 'my Lord,' emphasizing sovereignty.: Parallel theme: Proverbs 1:22, 6:23, Isaiah 27:11, Hebrews 11:25
30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. Parallel theme: Proverbs 1:25, Psalms 81:11
31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. Parallel theme: Proverbs 14:14, 22:8, Job 4:8, Jeremiah 2:19, 6:19
32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. Parallel theme: Proverbs 8:36, Jeremiah 2:19, John 3:36, Hebrews 12:25
33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil. Parallel theme: Proverbs 9:11, 14:26, Psalms 81:13, Isaiah 26:3, 48:18, 55:3, Matthew 17:5, Luke 21:9, 21:19, 1 Peter 1:5 +5