Proverbs 10

1 Because they have hated instruction, and received not the fear of the Lord, 2 Nor consented to my counsel, but despised all my reproof. 3 Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and shall be filled with their own devices. 4 The turning away of little ones shall kill them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. 5 But he that shall hear me, shall rest without terror, and shall enjoy abundance, without fear of evils. 7 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and wilt hide my commandments with thee, 8 That thy ear may hearken to wisdom: incline thy heart to know prudence. 9 For if thou shalt call for wisdom, and incline thy heart to prudence: 10 If thou shalt seek her as money, and shalt dig for her as for a treasure: 11 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and shalt find the knowledge of God: 12 Because the Lord giveth wisdom: and out of his mouth cometh prudence and knowledge. 13 He wilt keep the salvation of the righteous, and protect them that walk in simplicity, 14 Keeping the paths of justice, and guarding the ways of saints. 15 Then shalt thou understand justice, and judgment, and equity, and every good path. 16 If wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge please thy soul: 17 Counsel shall keep thee, and prudence shall preserve thee, 18 That thou mayst be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh perverse things: 19 Who leave the right way, and walk by dark ways: 20 Who are glad when they have done evil, and rejoice in the most wicked things: 21 Whose ways are perverse, and their steps infamous. 22 That thou mayst be delivered from the strange woman, and from the stranger, who softeneth her words; 23 And forsaketh the guide of her youth, 24 And hath forgotten the covenant of her God: for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths to hell. 25 None that go in unto her, shall return again, neither shall they take hold of the paths of life. 26 That thou mayst walk in a good way: and mayst keep the paths of the just. 27 For they that are upright, shall dwell in the earth; and the simple shall continue in it. 28 But the wicked shall be destroyed from the earth: and they that do unjustly, shall be taken away from it. 30 My son, forget not my law, and let thy heart keep my commandments. 31 For they shall add to thee length of days, and years of life, and peace. 32 Let not mercy aud truth leave thee, put them about thy neck, and write them in the tables of thy heart.