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CHAP. I.
1 The vse of the Prouerbes. 7 An exhortation to feare God and beleeue his word. 10 To auoyd the intisings of sinners. 20 Wisdome complaineth of her contempt. 24 She threatneth her contemners.
1 The Prouerbes of Solomon the sonne of Dauid, King of Israel,
2 To knowe wisedome and instruction, to perceiue the words of vnderstanding,
3 To receiue the instruction of wisdome, iustice, and iudgement & equitie,3
4 To giue subtiltie to the simple, to the yong man knowledge and discretion.4
6 To vnderstand a prouerbe, and the interpretation; the wordes of the wise, and their darke sayings.6
7 ¶ The feare of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fooles despise wisedome and instruction.7
8 My sonne, heare the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.
9 For they shall be an ornament of grace vnto thy head, and chaines about thy necke.9
10 ¶ My sonne, if sinners entise thee, consent thou not.
12 Let vs swallow them vp aliue, as the graue, and whole, as those that goe downe into the pit:
13 Wee shall finde all precious substance, wee shall fill our houses with spoile:
14 Cast in thy lot among vs, let vs all haue one purse:
15 My sonne, walke not thou in the way with them; refraine thy foot from their path:
16 For their feete runne to euil, and make haste to shed blood.16
17 Surely in vaine the net is spread in the sight of any bird.17
18 And they lay wait for their owne blood, they lurke priuily for their owne liues.
20 ¶ Wisedome crieth without, she vttereth her voice in the streets:20
24 ¶ Because I haue called, and yee refused, I haue stretched out my hand, and no man regarded:24
25 But ye haue set at nought all my counsell, & would none of my reproofe:
26 I also will laugh at your calamitie, I wil mocke when your feare commeth.
27 When your feare commeth as desolation, and your destruction commeth as a whirlewinde; when distresse and anguish commeth vpon you:27
28 Then shall they call vpon mee, but I will not answere; they shall seeke me early, but they shall not finde me:28
29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the feare of the Lord.
30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproofe.
31 Therefore shall they eate of the fruite of their owne way, and be filled with their owne deuices.
32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fooles shall destroy them.32
33 But who so hearkneth vnto mee, shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from feare of euill.
View Wesley's Notes for Proverbs Chapter 1
1:2 To know - Written to help men to know throughly and practically. Both human wisdom to conduct our affairs in this life, and Divine wisdom. Instruction - The instructions delivered either by God, or men, in order to the attainment of wisdom. To perceive - Which teach a man true understanding.
1:3 To receive - Willing to receive the counsels of others. Such as makes men wise and prudent, and to teach just judgments or equity.
1:4 Simple - Such as want wisdom. Young man - Who wants both experience and self - government.
1:5 Will hear - Is willing to learn. Attain to - The art of governing himself or others.
1:7 The fear - Reverence and obedience to God. Beginning - The foundation without which all other knowledge is vain. Fools - That is, wicked men, are so far from attaining true wisdom, that they despise it, and all the means of getting it.
1:8 My son - He speaks to his scholars with paternal authority and affection. Of thy mother - Those pious instructions, which thy mother instilled into thee in thy tender years.
1:17 In vain - The fowler who spreads, his net in the sight of the bird looseth his labour. But these, are more foolish than the silly birds, and though they are not ignorant of the mischief which these evil courses will bring upon themselves, yet they will not take warning.
1:18 Their own blood - The destruction which they design to others, fall upon themselves.
1:19 Greedy - That seeks gain by wicked practices.
1:20 Wisdom - Having expressed the counsels of wicked men, he now declares the voice of wisdom. By wisdom he understands the wisdom of God revealed to men in his word. And this is said to cry with a loud voice, to intimate God's earnestness in inviting sinners to repentance. Abroad - Or, in the streets or open places. Not in corners, but openly before all the world.
1:21 Gates - Where magistrates sit in judgment, and people are assembled. The city - Not only in the gate, but in every part of the city.
1:22 Scoffers - That scoff at religion and contemn the word and faithful ministers of God.
1:23 My words - By my spirit I will cause you to understand my word.
1:24 Called - By my ministers, by my judgments, and by the motions of my spirit and your own conscience.
1:26 Your fear - The misery you do or should fear.
1:28 Early - With diligence and fervency.
1:29 Knowledge - The practical knowledge of God and of their duty.
1:31 Eat - They should receive punishment answerable to their sins. Filled - With the fruits of them.
1:32 Turning - From God. Destroy - Shall prove the occasion of their ruin, by making them presumptuous, and secure.
Proverbs Chapter 1 Sidenote References (from Original 1611 KJV Bible):
3 Hebr. equities.
4 Or, aduisement.
6 Or, an eloquent speach.
7 Iob 28.28. psal. 111. 10. prou.9. 10. , Or, the principall part.
9 Hebr. an adding.
16 Isa.59.7. rom.3. 15.
17 Hebr. in the eyes of euery thing that hath a wing.
20 Hebr. wisedomes, that is, excellent wisedome. , Prou.8. 1.
24 Isa.65.12. and 66.4. ier.7.13. ezech.8.18
27 Iob.27. 9 isa. 1. 15. ier.11.11. & 14. 12.
28 Micah.3.4
32 Or, ease of the simple.
* Courtesy of Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania
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