
7 Fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge. But the wicked hate discipline and wisdom.
Proverbs 1: 7
8 My son, listen to your father when he corrects you. And don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.
Proverbs 1: 8
9 For everything your parents teach you is like a necklace on your head or a beautiful necklace to enhance your neck.
Proverbs 1: 9
10 My son, sinners will try to get you to do what is wrong. Don’t pay attention to them!
Proverbs 1:10
11 If they say, “Come with us! Let’s hide and wait for someone to be killed. Let’s attack an innocent person for no reason.”
Proverbs 1:11
12 Come, the serpents will swallow them up alive and completely like a tomb.
Proverbs 1:12
13 We will take all the valuables. And fill our houses with that spoil.
Proverbs 1:13
14 So join us, and we will distribute whatever we receive. “
Proverbs 1:14
15 My son, do not follow these people, keep your footsteps out of their way.
Proverbs 1:15
16 As they are swift to do evil, and quick to kill.
Proverbs 1:16
17 People set nets to catch birds. But it is useless to set a trap when the birds are watching.
Proverbs 1:17
18 And these people lie, waiting for their own death. They will fall into their own trap and perish.
Proverbs 1:18
19 Greedy people are always destroyed by their actions.
Proverbs 1:19

