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משלי א׳Proverbs 1

Chapter 1 of 31 in Proverbs — 33 verses

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Verse 1א׳Standard1,452

מִשְׁלֵי שְׁלֹמֹה בֶן־דָּוִד מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

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

Verse 2ב׳Standard1,304

לָדַעַת חָכְמָה וּמוּסָר לְהָבִין אִמְרֵי בִינָֽה

To know wisdom and instruction; To comprehend the words of understanding;

Verse 3ג׳Standard2,434

לָקַחַת מוּסַר הַשְׂכֵּל צֶדֶק וּמִשְׁפָּט וּמֵישָׁרִֽים

To receive the discipline of wisdom, Justice, and right, and equity;

Verse 4ד׳Standard2,628

לָתֵת לִפְתָאיִם עָרְמָה לְנַעַר דַּעַת וּמְזִמָּֽה

To give prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion;

Verse 5ה׳Standard1,913

יִשְׁמַע חָכָם וְיוֹסֶף לֶקַח וְנָבוֹן תַּחְבֻּלוֹת יִקְנֶֽה

That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, And the man of understanding may attain unto wise counsels;

Verse 6ו׳Standard1,450

לְהָבִין מָשָׁל וּמְלִיצָה דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים וְחִידֹתָֽם

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

Verse 7ז׳Standard2,519

יִרְאַת יְהוָה רֵאשִׁית דָּעַת חָכְמָה וּמוּסָר אֱוִילִים בָּֽזוּ

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; But the foolish despise wisdom and discipline.

Verse 8ח׳Standard2,624

שְׁמַע בְּנִי מוּסַר אָבִיךָ וְאַל־תִּטֹּשׁ תּוֹרַת אִמֶּֽךָ

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the teaching of thy mother;

Verse 9ט׳Standard2,272

כִּי לִוְיַת חֵן הֵם לְרֹאשֶׁךָ וַעֲנָקִים לְגַרְגְּרֹתֶֽיךָ

For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.

Verse 10י׳Standard1,121

בְּנִי אִם־יְפַתּוּךָ חַטָּאִים אַל־תֹּבֵֽא

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

…and 20 more verses in this chapter.

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Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English: The Holy Scriptures (JPS 1917), public domain.