THE BOOK OF PROVERBS    

1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning;
 and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; 
the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: 
but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8 My son, hear the instruction of your father, 
and forsake not the law of your mother:
9 For they shall be an ornament of grace
 unto your head, and chains about your neck.
10 My son, if sinners entice you, consent you not.
11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood,
 let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave;
 and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
14 Cast in your lot among us; let us all have one purse:
15 My son, walk not you in the way with them; refrain your foot from their path:
16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; 
which takes away the life of the owners thereof.
20 Wisdom cries without; she utters her voice in the streets:
21 She cries in the chief place of concourse,
 in the openings of the  gates: in the city she utters her words, saying.
22 How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity?
 and the scorners  delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you,
 I will make known my words unto you.
24 Because I have called, and you refused; 
I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
25 But you have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear comes;
27 When your fear comes as desolation, and your destruction 
comes as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish comes upon you.
28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer;
 they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way,
and be filled with their own devices.
32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, 
and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
33 But whoever hearkens unto me shall dwell safely,
 and shall be quiet from fear of evil.



Christ is the power of God and the wisdom 
of God ,so no one may boast before God.
It is because of God that you are in Christ Jesus,
who has become for us wisdom from God - that
is our righteous , holiness and redemption.
Wisdom comes from God . ( psalms 11)
The beginning of true wisdom is found when
we fear the Lord and then we grow in wisdom
when we obey God.
Solomon asked God for not just knowledge but
insight on how to apply the knowledge effectively.
God wisdom is my firm foundation. Wisdom is
listening to Jesus says , and doing it.
Wise man builds his house on the rock. 
He build his house in a strong foundation.
(1Corinthians 1:18-2:16)






The ungodly are led by the  counsel
of the wicked, in the path of the sinner
to the seat of the scornful. They have
no delight in the law of God nor do
they ever think of the law of God.
The ungodly bring forth no fruit but
the grapes of Sodom.
 
They are first ungodly. They cast
off the fear of God. They lived in 
neglect of their duty to God. 
But they rest not there.
When their duty to God are laid aside,
they come to be sinners.
They break out into open rebellion
against God. They engage in the
service of sin and Satan.
Their heart is so hardened that
they become scorners. They
openly defy all that is sacred. They
scoff at God and make a jest at sin.
Their lives go downhill .The bad 
grows worse. Sinners become
tempters to others. 
The ungodly walk by no certain
rule. The ungodly are at the
command of every lust  and at
the beck of every temptation
The sinner set up sin as their
trade.
The scorners set their mouth 
against heaven.

The ungodly are like chaff. They
are useless to God. The ungodly are
 light and vain. The ungodly have 
no substance in them.  The ungodly
are easily driven to and fro by the
wind. God's wind of wrath will drive 
then away in wickedness 

The ungodly because of their sin .
make themselves as chaff. They
will not be able to stand before
the whirlwind of divine wrath. They
will not be able to escape God's
wrath.
The ungodly is doom.
The ungodly shall not stand in
the judgment . They will be found 
guilty. They will hang down their
head in shame.

4 The ungodly are not so: but are like
 the chaff which the wind drives away.
5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand
 in the judgment, nor sinners in the
 congregation of the righteous.
6 For the LORD knows the way of the
 righteous: but the way of the ungodly
 shall perish.

Sinners are fond of their simple notions of
evil .Sinners have the simple prejudice 
against the way of God. Sinners flatter
themselves in their wickedness.
Scorners who are proud make a jest
of everything. 
Scorners run down everything sacred.

Fools are person who have no wisdom.
Fools follow their own devices. They 
have no regards to reason and they 
have no reverence to God.
Fools hate to be taught. Fools have a
rooted dislike to God.
Wicked people are zealous in seducing 
other people into the paths of destruction. 
Sinners love company in sin.
Young people should not consent
 to join the sinners. Do not say as
the sinners say. Do not do as the sinners
do.
Have no fellowships with the sinners
Sin will not turn to the sinner's
advantage. The path of sin is down hill.
Men's greediness of gain will suffer
them into destructive paths. What will
a man profit , though he gain the 
world , if he lose his life ?

10 My son, if sinners entice you, consent you not.
11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood,
 let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave;
 and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
13 We shall find all precious substance, 
we shall fill our houses with spoil:
14 Cast in your lot among us; let us all have one purse:
15 My son, walk not you in the way with them;
 refrain your foot from their path:
16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
18 And they lay wait for their own blood; 
they lurk privily for their own lives.
19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; 
which takes away the life of the owners thereof.
(PROVERB1:10-19)

Young people should not consent
 to join the sinners. Do not say as
the sinners say. Do not do as the sinners
do.
Have no fellowships with the sinners

20 Wisdom cries without; she utters her voice in the streets:
21 She cries in the chief place of concourse,
 in the openings of the  gates: in the city she utters her words, saying.
22 How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity?
 and the scorners  delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you,
 I will make known my words unto you
24 Because I have called, and you re ,fused; 
I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
25 But you have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear comes;
27 When your fear comes as desolation, and your destruction 
comes as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish comes upon you.
28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer;
 they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way,
and be filled with their own devices.
32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, 
and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
33 But whoever hearkens unto me shall dwell safely,
 and shall be quiet from fear of evil.


Because the Lord has called , and you refused the Lord.
The Lord has stretched out his hand , and no man regarded
the help of the Lord.
But you have nought at the counsel of the Lord , and would
none  of the Lord's reproof.
The Lord will laugh at your calamity. The Lord
will mock when your fear comes. When your
fear comes as desolation and your destruction
 comes  as a whirlwind  your anguish comes
 upon you.
Then they shall call upon the Lord, but the Lord 
will not answer.
They shall seek the Lord but they will not
find the Lord for that they hated wisdom
and did not choose to fear the Lord.
They would not listen to the counsel of the Lord.
They despise all the reproof of the Lord.

Therefore they shall eat of the fruit of their own
 path , and be filled with their device.
The turning away of the simple shall slay
them and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them

Christ speaks by his word and by his
Spirit. Christ is the Wisdom of God.
The fear of God is the beginning
of knowledge.

Turn your evil to that which is good.
Men can not turn   by any power of
their own. God promises 

I will  pour out my Spirit unto you.
The grace of God is needed.
The grace of God shall not be denied
to any who seek it.
How long will people continue to
proceed in such perilous path , when
the uncertainty of life and the
consequence of dying without Christ
are considered ?

Let us hearken and obey Christ ,
so that we may enjoy the peace of Christ.
Let us have confidence in God to be
free from evil , in life ,death , and
forever.