1The parables of Solomon, the son of David,…
2To know wisdom, and instruction:
3To understand the words of prudence: and to…
4To give subtilty to little ones, to the…
5A wise man shall hear and shall be…
6He shall understand a parable, and the interpretation,…
7The fear of the Lord is the beginning…
8My son, hear the instruction of thy father,…
9That grace may be added to thy head,…
10My son, if sinners shall entice thee, consent…
11If they shall say: Come with us, let…
12Let us swallow him up alive like hell,…
13We shall find all precious substance, we shall…
14Cast in thy lot with us, let us…
15My son, walk not thou with them, restrain…
16For their feet run to evil, and make…
17But a net is spread in vain before…
18And they themselves lie in wait for their…
19So the wage of every covetous man destroy…
20Wisdom preacheth abroad, she uttereth her voice in…
21At the head of multitudes she crieth out,…
22O children, how long will you love childishness,…
23Turn ye at my reproof: behold I will…
24Because I called, and you refused: I stretched…
25You have despised all my counsel, and have…
26I also will laugh in your destruction, and…
27When sudden calamity shall fall on you, and…
28Then shall they call upon me, and I…
29Because they have hated instruction and received not…
30Nor consented to my counsel, but despised all…
31Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their…
32The turning away of little ones shall kill…
33But he that shall hear me, shall rest…
