Proverbs 1

KJVThe proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

GIGAKJVThe proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel.

KJVTo know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

GIGAKJVTo know wisdom and instruction, and to understand words of insight.

KJVTo receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;

GIGAKJVTo receive instruction in wise conduct, justice, judgment, and equity.

KJVTo give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

GIGAKJVTo give good sense to the inexperienced, and knowledge and discretion to the young man.

KJVA wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

GIGAKJVA wise man will listen and learn more, and a man of understanding will gain wise counsel:

KJVTo understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

GIGAKJVTo understand a proverb and its meaning, the words of the wise and their riddles.

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

GIGAKJVMy son, listen to your father's instruction, and do not abandon your mother's teaching:

KJVFor they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

GIGAKJVFor they shall be an ornament of grace to your head, and chains about your neck.

KJVMy son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

GIGAKJVMy son, if sinners entice you, do not agree to go with them.

KJVIf they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

GIGAKJVIf they say, Come with us. Let us lie in wait to shed blood. Let us secretly ambush the innocent without cause:

KJVLet us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

GIGAKJVLet us swallow them up alive as the grave. Whole, as those that go down into the pit:

KJVWe shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

GIGAKJVWe shall find all kinds of precious goods, and fill our houses with plunder:

KJVCast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

GIGAKJVJoin your lot with ours, let us all share one purse:

KJVMy son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

GIGAKJVMy son, do not walk in their way. Keep your feet off their path:

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

GIGAKJVFor their feet run to evil, and hurry to shed blood.

KJVAnd they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

GIGAKJVBut they lie in wait for their own blood. They ambush their own lives.

KJVSo are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

GIGAKJVSo are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain. Such gain takes away the life of its owners.

KJVWisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:

GIGAKJVWisdom calls out in the open, she raises her voice in the streets:

KJVShe crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,

GIGAKJVShe cries at the head of the noisy streets, in the openings of the gates: in the city she speaks her words, saying,

KJVHow long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

GIGAKJVHow long will you inexperienced people love your lack of wisdom? How long will mockers delight in scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

KJVTurn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

GIGAKJVTurn at my correction. I will pour out my spirit to you, I will make known my words to you.

KJVBecause I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

GIGAKJVBecause I have called, and you refused, I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded,

KJVBut ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

GIGAKJVBut you dismissed all my counsel and wanted none of my correction:

KJVI also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

GIGAKJVI also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when your fear comes,

KJVWhen your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

GIGAKJVWhen what you fear comes like devastation, and your destruction comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.

KJVThen shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

GIGAKJVThen they shall call on me, but I will not answer. They shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

KJVFor that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:

GIGAKJVBecause they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord:

KJVThey would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

GIGAKJVThey wanted none of my counsel, they despised all my correction.

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

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

KJVFor the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

GIGAKJVFor the turning away of the inexperienced shall kill them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

KJVBut whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

GIGAKJVBut whoever listens to me shall live safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.