1:8 Listen, ¹  my child, ²  to the instruction ³  from ⁴  your father,

and do not forsake the teaching ⁵  from ⁶  your mother.

1:9 For they will be like ⁷  an elegant ⁸  garland ⁹  on ¹⁰  your head,

and like ¹¹  pendants ¹²  around ¹³  your neck.

1:10 My child, if sinners ¹⁴  try to entice ¹⁵  you,

do not consent! ¹⁶ 

1:11 If they say, “Come with us!

We will ¹⁷  lie in wait ¹⁸  to shed blood; ¹⁹ 

we will ambush ²⁰  an innocent person ²¹  capriciously. ²² 

1:12 We will swallow them alive ²³  like Sheol, ²⁴ 

those full of vigor ²⁵  like those going down to the Pit.

1:13 We will seize ²⁶  all kinds ²⁷  of precious wealth;

we will fill our houses with plunder. ²⁸ 

1:14 Join with us! ²⁹ 

We will all share ³⁰  equally in what we steal.” ³¹ 

1:15 My child, do not go down ³²  their way, ³³ 

withhold yourself ³⁴  from their path; ³⁵ 

1:16 for they ³⁶  are eager ³⁷  to inflict harm, ³⁸ 

and they hasten ³⁹  to shed blood. ⁴⁰ 

1:17 Surely it is futile to spread ⁴¹  a net

in plain sight of ⁴²  any bird, ⁴³ 

1:18 but these men lie in wait for their own blood, ⁴⁴ 

they ambush their own lives! ⁴⁵ 

1:19 Such ⁴⁶  are the ways ⁴⁷  of all who gain profit unjustly; ⁴⁸ 

it ⁴⁹  takes away the life ⁵⁰  of those who obtain it! ⁵¹ 

1:20 Wisdom ⁵²  calls out ⁵³  in the street,

she shouts loudly ⁵⁴  in the plazas; ⁵⁵ 

1:21 at the head of the noisy ⁵⁶  streets she calls,

in the entrances of the gates in the city ⁵⁷  she utters her words: ⁵⁸ 

1:22 “How long will you simpletons ⁵⁹  love naiveté? ⁶⁰ 

How long ⁶¹  will mockers ⁶²  delight ⁶³  in mockery ⁶⁴ 

and fools ⁶⁵  hate knowledge?

1:23 If only ⁶⁶  you will respond ⁶⁷  to my rebuke, ⁶⁸ 

then ⁶⁹  I will pour ⁷⁰  out my thoughts ⁷¹  to you

and ⁷²  I will make ⁷³  my words known to you.

1:24 However, ⁷⁴  because ⁷⁵  I called but you refused to listen, ⁷⁶ 

because ⁷⁷  I stretched out my hand ⁷⁸  but no one paid attention,

1:25 because ⁷⁹  you neglected ⁸⁰  all my advice,

and did not comply ⁸¹  with my rebuke,

1:26 so ⁸²  I myself will laugh ⁸³  when disaster strikes you, ⁸⁴ 

I will mock when what you dread ⁸⁵  comes,

1:27 when what you dread ⁸⁶  comes like a whirlwind, ⁸⁷ 

and disaster strikes you ⁸⁸  like a devastating storm, ⁸⁹ 

when distressing trouble ⁹⁰  comes on you.

1:28 Then they will call to me, but I will not answer;

they will diligently seek ⁹¹  me, but they will not find me.

1:29 Because ⁹²  they hated moral knowledge, ⁹³ 

and did not choose to fear the Lord, ⁹⁴ 

1:30 they did not comply with my advice,

they spurned ⁹⁵  all my rebuke.

1:31 Therefore ⁹⁶  they will eat from the fruit ⁹⁷  of their way, ⁹⁸ 

and they will be stuffed full ⁹⁹  of their own counsel.

1:32 For the waywardness ¹⁰⁰  of the

simpletons will kill ¹⁰¹  them,

and the careless ease ¹⁰²  of fools will destroy them.

1:33 But the one who listens ¹⁰³  to me will live in security, ¹⁰⁴ 

and will be at ease ¹⁰⁵  from the dread of harm.