Olam 2

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

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

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

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

A wise <i>man</i> will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

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

The fear of the LORD <i>is</i> the beginning of knowledge: <i>but</i> fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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

For they <i>shall be</i> an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

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