1:1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
1:2 to know wisdom and instruction;
to perceive the words of understanding;
1:3 to receive the instruction of wisdom,
justice, and judgment, and equity;
1:4 to give subtilty to the simple,
to the young man knowledge and discretion.
1:5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning;
and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
1:6 to understand a proverb, and the interpretation;
the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
1:7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge:
but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
1:8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father,
and forsake not the law of thy mother: