Self-interpreting Bible

1 THE ^aproverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

• a: Pr. 10:1 , Pr. 25:1 , Job 27:1 , Jn. 16:25 , 1Ki. 4:31 , 1Ki. 4:32 , Ec. 12:9

2 To ^bknow wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

• b: Pr. 22:20 , Pr. 22:21 , Pr. 2:1 - 9 , Pr. 4:5 , Pr. 4:7 , De. 4:5 , De. 4:6 , Job 22:22 , 2Ti. 3:15 - 17 , 2Pe. 1:3 , 2Pe. 1:19

3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and ¹equity;

• 1: Heb. equities.

4 To ^cgive ^d*subtilty to the ^esimple, to the young man knowledge and ²discretion.

• c: Pr. 9:4 , 1Co. 2:10 , 2Ti. 3:15 , Ps. 119:9
• d: Pr. 8:5 , Pr. 8:12
• *: subtilty-insight, perception.
• e: Ps. 116:6 , Pr. 7:7
• 2: Or, advisement.

5 A ^fwise man will hear, and will increase learning; and ^ga man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

• f: Pr. 9:9 , Ps. 119:18 , Ps. 119:98 - 100 , 2Pe. 1:5 , 2Pe. 3:18
• g: 1Ch. 12:32 , Job 34:10 , Job 34:34 , Is. 54:13 , Je. 31:34

6 To ^hunderstand a proverb, and ³the interpretation; the ⁱwords of the wise, and their dark sayings.

• h: Mat. 13:11 , Mat. 13:51 , Ac. 8:30 , Ac. 8:31 , Ep. 1:17
• 3: Or, an eloquent speech.
• i: Ec. 12:11 , 1Co. 2:14 , 1Co. 2:15 , 2Pe. 3:16 , Ps. 49:4 , Ps. 78:2

7 ¶The ^jfear of the LORD is ⁴the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

• j: Job 28:28 , Ps. 111:10 , Pr. 9:10 , Pr. 22:4 , Ec. 12:13
• 4: Or, the principal part.

8 My ^kson, ^lhear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

• k: Pr. 1:10 , Pr. 1:15 , Pr. 2:1 , Pr. 3:1 , Pr. 3:11 , Pr. 3:21 , Jos. 7:19 , Ga. 4:19 , 1Jn. 2:12 , 1Jn. 2:18 , 1Jn. 3:7 , 1Jn. 3:18
• l: Pr. 2:1 - 4 , Pr. 3:1 , Pr. 4:1 , Pr. 4:7 , Pr. 5:1 , Pr. 5:2 , Pr. 6:20 , Pr. 31:1 , 1Sa. 2:25 , 2Ti. 1:5 , 2Ti. 3:14 , 2Ti. 3:15

9 For ^mthey shall be an ⁵ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

• m: Pr. 3:22 , Pr. 4:8 , 1Pe. 3:3 , 1Pe. 3:4 , 1Ti. 2:9 , 1Ti. 2:10
• 5: Heb. adding.

10 ¶My son, ⁿif sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

• n: Ro. 16:18 , Ep. 5:11 , Ge. 39:8 , Ge. 39:9 , Pr. 13:20 , Pr. 9:6 , Pr. 22:24 , Pr. 22:25 , Pr. 4:14 , Pr. 4:15 , Pr. 5:8

11 If they say, ^oCome with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk ^*privily for the innocent without cause:

• o: Je. 5:26 , Ps. 10:8 - 10 , Ps. 54:3 , Ps. 56:5 , Ps. 56:6 , Ps. 64:4 , Ps. 64:5
• *: privily-secretly.

12 ^pLet us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, ^qas those that go down into the pit:

• p: Ps. 56:2 , Ps. 124:3 , Je. 51:34 , La. 2:5 , La. 2:16 , Nu. 16:30 , Nu. 16:32 , Mi. 3:3 , Mi. 3:4 , Zep. 3:3
• q: Ps. 28:1

13 We ^rshall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

• r: Hab. 2:9 , 1Ti. 6:10 , Je. 51:34 , Na. 2:12

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

15 My son, ^swalk not thou in the way with them; ^trefrain thy foot from their path:

• s: Ps. 1:1 , Pr. 4:14 , Pr. 4:15 , Pr. 2:12 - 16 , Pr. 5:8 , Pr. 13:20 , Pr. 9:6 , Ep. 5:11
• t: Ps. 119:101

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

• u: Pr. 4:16 , Pr. 6:18 , Ho. 4:2 , Is. 59:7 , Ro. 3:15

17 ^vSurely in vain the net is spread ⁶in the sight of any bird.

• v: Je. 8:6 , Je. 8:7 , Is. 1:3 , Pr. 7:21 - 23 , Pr. 9:14 , Pr. 9:15 , Ja. 1:14
• 6: Heb. in the eyes of everything that hath a wing.

18 And ^wthey lay wait for their own blood; they lurk ^*privily for their own lives.

• w: Ps. 9:16 , Ps. 7:15 , Ps. 7:16 , Ps. 55:23 , Es. 7:10 , Pr. 1:11
• *: privily-secretly.

19 So are the ways of every one ^xthat is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

• x: Hab. 2:9 - 12 , Pr. 23:4 , Pr. 28:20 , Pr. 28:22 , 1Ti. 6:9 , 1Ti. 6:10 , Ja. 5:3 , Ja. 5:4

20 ¶⁷Wisdom crieth ^*without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:

• 7: Heb. Wisdoms, that is, Excellent wisdom.
• *: without-outside.

21 She crieth in the chief place of ^*concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,

• *: concourse-assemble of people, crowd, gathering.

22 ^yHow long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools ^zhate knowledge?

• y: Pr. 9:4 , Ps. 94:8 , Mat. 9:13 , Mat. 18:11 , Mat. 23:37 , He. 5:12 , Jn. 6:37 , Re. 22:17 , Is. 55:2 , Is. 55:7 , Je. 3:1 , Je. 3:14 , Je. 3:22
• z: Pr. 1:29 , Pr. 5:12

23 ^aTurn you at my reproof: behold, I ^bwill pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

• a: Ho. 14:1 , Eze. 33:11
• b: Is. 44:3 , Is. 44:4 , 2:28 , Lu. 11:13 , Jn. 7:37 , Jn. 7:39 , Jn. 6:63 , Eze. 36:27 , Eze. 11:19 , Eze. 11:20 , Ep. 1:17 , Ep. 1:18

24 ¶^cBecause I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

• c: Is. 65:2 , Is. 65:12 , Is. 66:4 , Je. 7:13 , Je. 44:4 , Je. 44:5 , Eze. 8:18 , Mat. 23:37 , Mat. 22:5 , Mat. 22:6 , Lu. 19:41 , Lu. 19:42 , Lu. 7:30 , Ps. 107:11 , Zec. 7:11 , Zec. 7:12 , Re. 3:20 , Pr. 1:30 , 2Ch. 36:15 , 2Ch. 36:16 , Ho. 11:2 , Ho. 11:7

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

26 I ^dalso will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

• d: Lu. 14:24 , Mat. 7:2 , Ps. 2:4 , Ps. 2:5 , Ps. 37:13 , Ju. 10:14

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

• e: Pr. 10:24 , Ps. 21:8 - 12 , Ps. 69:22 - 28 , Isaiah 24 , Is. 65:7 , Is. 65:11 - 15 , Is. 66:14 , Is. 66:15 , Is. 66:24 , Zechariah 11 , Matthew 24 , Lu. 21:26 , Da. 9:26 , Da. 9:27 , 1Th. 2:15 , 1Th. 2:16

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

• f: Ge. 6:3 , Job 27:9 , Is. 1:15 , Je. 11:11 , Je. 14:12 , Eze. 8:18 , Mi. 3:4 , Zec. 7:13 , Ps. 18:41 , Ja. 4:3 , Jn. 7:34 , Jn. 8:21

29 For ^gthat they hated knowledge, and did not ^hchoose the fear of the LORD:

• g: Is. 27:11 , Job 21:14 , Ps. 50:17 , Ac. 13:47 , 1Th. 2:15 , 1Th. 2:16 , Pr. 1:22
• h: Ps. 119:173

30 They ⁱwould none of my counsel: ^jthey despised all my reproof.

• i: Pr. 1:25 , Ps. 81:11 , Ps. 81:12 , Lu. 7:30 , Lu. 14:18 - 20 , Lu. 20:9 - 18 , Ac. 7:51 , Ac. 7:52
• j: Pr. 6:23

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

• k: Job 4:8 , Pr. 14:14 , Pr. 22:8 , Je. 2:19 , Je. 6:19 , Is. 3:11 , Ga. 6:7 , Ga. 6:8

32 For ^lthe ⁸turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

• l: Ps. 69:22 , Ro. 11:9 , De. 32:15 - 25 , Ho. 13:6 , Ho. 13:7 , Zep. 2:15 , Is. 32:10 , Is. 32:11 , Is. 47:8 , Re. 18:7 , Re. 18:8
• 8: Or, ease.

33 But ^mwhoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

• m: Ps. 25:12 , Ps. 25:13 , Ps. 112:7 , Pr. 8:32 - 35 , Pr. 22:4 , Is. 26:3 , Is. 55:3 , Jn. 10:28 , Jn. 10:29 , 1Pe. 1:5 , vs. 1 , De. 33:26 - 29