1The parables of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel,

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Proverbs 10:1, Proverbs 10:1, 1 Chronicles 22:9, 1 Chronicles 22:9, 1 Chronicles 28:5

2To know wisdom, and instruction:

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Proverbs 7:4, Proverbs 7:4, Deuteronomy 4:5, Deuteronomy 4:6, Deuteronomy 4:5

3To understand the words of prudence: and to receive the instruction of doctrine, justice, and judgment, and equity:

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Proverbs 2:1, Proverbs 2:9, Proverbs 2:1, Proverbs 2:9, Job 22:22

4To give subtilty to little ones, to the young man knowledge and understanding.

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Proverbs 8:5, Proverbs 8:5, Psalms 119:9, Proverbs 8:17, Psalms 119:9

5A wise man shall hear, and shall be wiser: and he that understandeth shall possess governments.

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Proverbs 12:1, Proverbs 12:1, Proverbs 9:9, Proverbs 9:9, 1 Corinthians 10:15

6He shall understand a parable and the interpretation, the words of the wise, and their mysterious sayings.

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Psalms 78:2, Psalms 78:2, Mark 4:11, Mark 4:11, Hebrews 5:14

7The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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Job 28:28, Job 28:28, Psalms 111:10, Psalms 112:1, Psalms 111:10

8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

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Proverbs 6:20, Proverbs 6:20, Proverbs 30:17, Proverbs 30:17, Proverbs 5:1

9That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck.

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Daniel 5:29, Proverbs 4:9, Daniel 5:29, Proverbs 4:9, Genesis 41:42

10My son, if sinners shall entice thee, consent not to them.

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Ephesians 5:11, Ephesians 5:11, Proverbs 16:29, Proverbs 16:29, Psalms 1:1

11If they shall say: Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us hide snares for the innocent without cause:

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Proverbs 1:18, Jeremiah 5:26, Proverbs 1:18, Jeremiah 5:26, Proverbs 12:6

12Let us swallow him up alive like hell, and whole as one that goeth down into the pit.

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Psalms 124:3, Psalms 28:1, Psalms 124:3, Psalms 28:1, Lamentations 2:16

13We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoils.

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1 Timothy 6:9, 1 Timothy 6:10, 1 Timothy 6:9, 1 Timothy 6:10, Luke 12:15

14Cast in thy lot with us, let us all have one purse.

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15My son, walk not thou with them, restrain thy foot from their paths.

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Psalms 119:101, Psalms 119:101, Psalms 1:1, Psalms 1:1, Proverbs 4:27

16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

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Isaiah 59:7, Isaiah 59:7, Proverbs 6:18, Proverbs 6:18, Proverbs 4:16

17But a net is spread in vain before the eyes of them that have wings.

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Proverbs 7:23, Proverbs 7:23, Jeremiah 8:7, Job 35:11, Jeremiah 8:7

18And they themselves lie in wait for their own blood, and practise deceits against their own souls.

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Psalms 9:16, Esther 7:10, Psalms 9:16, Esther 7:10, Matthew 27:4

19So the ways of every covetous man destroy the souls of the possessors.

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Proverbs 15:27, Proverbs 15:27, 2 Peter 2:3, 2 Peter 2:3, Habakkuk 2:9

20Wisdom preacheth abroad, she uttereth her voice in the streets:

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Proverbs 9:3, Proverbs 9:3, Colossians 2:3, Colossians 2:3, Luke 11:49

21At the head of multitudes she crieth out, in the entrance of the gates of the city she uttereth her words, saying:

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Acts 5:20, Acts 5:20, Matthew 10:27, Proverbs 9:3, Matthew 13:2

22O children, how long will you love childishness, and fools covet those things which are hurtful to themselves, and the unwise hate knowledge?

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Proverbs 1:29, Proverbs 5:12, Proverbs 1:29, Proverbs 5:12, Psalms 1:1

23Turn ye at my reproof: behold I will utter my spirit to you, and will shew you my words.

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Ezekiel 33:11, Ezekiel 33:11, Acts 3:19, Acts 3:19, Ezekiel 18:27

24Because I called, and you refused: I stretched out my hand, and there was none that regarded.

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Isaiah 65:12, Romans 10:21, Isaiah 65:12, Romans 10:21, Jeremiah 7:13

25You have despised all my counsel, and have neglected my reprehensions.

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Psalms 81:11, Luke 7:30, Psalms 81:11, Luke 7:30, Proverbs 1:30

26I also will laugh in your destruction, and will mock when that shall come to you which you feared.

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Psalms 37:13, Psalms 2:4, Psalms 37:13, Psalms 2:4, Proverbs 10:24

27When sudden calamity shall fall on you, and destruction, as a tempest, shall be at hand: when tribulation and distress shall come upon you:

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Nahum 1:3, Proverbs 3:25, Proverbs 3:26, Romans 2:9, Nahum 1:3

28Then shall they call upon me, and I will not hear: they shall rise in the morning, and shall not find me:

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Micah 3:4, Micah 3:4, James 4:3, James 4:3, Job 27:9

29Because they have hated instruction, and received not the fear of the Lord,

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Proverbs 1:22, Job 21:14, Job 21:15, Proverbs 1:22, Job 21:14

30Nor consented to my counsel, but despised all my reproof.

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Psalms 81:11, Proverbs 1:25, Psalms 81:11, Proverbs 1:25, Luke 14:18

31Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and shall be filled with their own devices.

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Proverbs 14:14, Proverbs 14:14, Proverbs 22:8, Job 4:8, Jeremiah 6:19

32The turning away of little ones shall kill them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

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Proverbs 8:36, Hebrews 12:25, Proverbs 8:36, Hebrews 12:25, John 3:36

33But he that shall hear me, shall rest without terror, and shall enjoy abundance, without fear of evils.

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Psalms 25:12, Psalms 25:13, Psalms 25:12, Psalms 25:13, Psalms 112:7