PDF Proverbs 1-2

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 \v 2 These proverbs are to teach wisdom and instruction,
 \q to teach words of insight,
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-\v 3 that you may receive instruction in order to live
-\q by doing what is right, just, and fair.
+\v 3 that you may receive instruction in prudent behavior,
+\q righteousness, justice, and uprightness.
 
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 \v 4 These proverbs are also to give wisdom to the naive,
-\q and to give knowledge and discretion to young people.
+\q and to give knowledge and discretion to the youth.
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 \v 5 Let wise people listen and increase their learning,
-\q and let discerning people get guidance,
+\q and let discerning people get wise counsel,
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-\v 6 to understand proverbs, sayings,
+\v 6 to understand proverbs, parables,
 \q and words of wise people and their riddles.
 
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 \q fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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 \v 8 My son, hear the instruction of your father
-\q and do not lay aside the rules of your mother;
+\q and do not forsake the rules of your mother;
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 \v 9 they will be a graceful wreath for your head
 \q and pendants hanging from your neck.
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 \v 10 My son, if sinners try to entice you into their sin,
-\q refuse to follow them.
+\q do not go with them.
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 \v 11 If they say, "Come with us,
 \q let us lie in wait for blood,
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 \v 12 let us swallow them up alive, like Sheol takes away those who are healthy,
-\q and make them like those who fall into the pit;
+\q and make them like those who go down into the pit;
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-\v 13 we will get all kinds of valuable things;
-\q we will fill our houses with what we steal from others;
+\v 13 we will find all kinds of valuable things;
+\q we will fill our houses with plunder;
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 \v 14 throw in your lot with us,
 \q and we will all have one purse together"—
 
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-\v 15 my son, do not walk down that road with them;
+\v 15 my son, do not walk down that path with them;
 \q do not let your foot touch where they walk;
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 \v 16 their feet run to evil
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 \v 18 These men lie in wait for their own blood—
 \q they set an ambush for their own lives.
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-\v 19 So are the ways of everyone who gains riches by injustice;
+\v 19 So are the ways of everyone who gains profit by violence;
 \q unjust gain takes away the lives of those who hold on to it.
 
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 \q she raises her voice in the open places;
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 \v 21 at the head of the noisy streets she cries out,
-\q at the entrance of the city gates she speaks,
+\q at the entrance of the city gates she speaks her sayings,
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 \v 22 "How long, you naive people, will you love being naive?
 \q How long, you mockers, will you delight in mockery,
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-\v 23 Pay attention to my correction;
-\q I will pour out my thoughts to you;
+\v 23 Turn at my correction;
+\q I will pour out my spirit to you;
 \q I will make my words known to you.
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 \v 24 I have called, and you have refused to listen;
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 \v 28 Then they will call upon me, and I will not answer;
-\q they will desperately call for me, but they will not find me.
+\q they will diligently seek me, but they will not find me.
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 \v 29 Because they hate knowledge
 \q and did not choose the fear of Yahweh,
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 \v 32 For the naive are killed when they turn away,
 \q and the indifference of fools will destroy them.
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-\v 33 But whoever listens to me will live in safety
+\v 33 But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety
 \q and will rest secure with no fear of disaster."
 
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-\v 3 If you cry out for understanding
-\q and raise your voice for it,
+\v 3 If you cry out for discernment
+\q and raise your voice for understanding,
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 \v 4 if you seek it like you would seek silver
 \q and search for understanding as you would seek hidden treasures,
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 \v 6 For Yahweh gives wisdom;
 \q from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
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-\v 7 He stores up sound wisdom for those who please him;
+\v 7 He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
 \q he is a shield for those who walk in integrity;
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 \v 8 he guards the paths of justice
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 \v 12 They will rescue you from the way of evil,
 \q from those who speak perverse things,
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-\v 13 who abandon the right paths
+\v 13 who abandon the paths of uprightness
 \q and walk in the ways of darkness.
 
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-\v 16 Wisdom and discretion will save you from an adulterous woman,
-\q from an immoral woman and her flattering words.
+\v 16 Wisdom and discretion will save you from a strange woman,
+\q from a foreign woman and her flattering words.
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 \v 17 She forsakes the companion of her youth
 \q and forgets the covenant of her God.
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 \q and her tracks will lead you to those in the grave.
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 \v 19 All who go in to her will not return again
-\q and they will not find the paths of life.
+\q and they will not reach the paths of life.
 
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 \v 20 So you will walk in the way of good people
 \q and follow the paths of righteous people.
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-\v 21 For those doing right will make a home in the land,
+\v 21 For the upright will make a home in the land,
 \q and those with integrity will remain in it.
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 \v 22 But the wicked will be cut off from the land,
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 \v 5 The right conduct of a blameless person makes his way straight,
 \q but the wicked will fall because of their own wickedness.
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-\v 6 The right conduct of those who please God keeps them safe,
+\v 6 The right conduct of the upright keeps them safe,
 \q but the treacherous are trapped by their cravings.
 
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 \v 10 When righteous people prosper, a city rejoices;
 \q when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.
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-\v 11 Through the good gifts of those who please God, the city becomes great;
+\v 11 Through the good gifts of the upright, the city becomes great;
 \q by the mouth of the wicked, the city is torn down.
 
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 \v 11 The house of wicked people will be destroyed,
-\q but the tent of upright people will flourish.
+\q but the tent of the upright will flourish.
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 \v 12 There is a way that seems right to a man,
 \q but its end only leads to death.
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 \v 7 The lips of wise people scatter knowledge about,
 \q but not so the hearts of fools.
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-\v 8 Yahweh hates the sacrifices of wicked people,
-\q but the prayer of upright people is his delight.
+\v 8 Yahweh hates the sacrifices of the wicked,
+\q but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
 
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-\v 13 A king delights in lips that say what is right
-\q and he loves the one who speaks directly.
+\v 13 Righteous lips are the delight of the king,
+\q and he loves the person who speaks upright words.
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 \v 14 A king's wrath is a messenger of death
 \q but a wise man will try to calm his anger.
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-\v 17 The highway of upright people turns away from evil;
+\v 17 The highway of the upright turns away from evil;
 \q the one who protects his life guards his way.
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 \v 18 Pride comes before destruction
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 \v 17 Whoever loves pleasure will become poor;
 \q the one who loves wine and oil will not be rich.
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-\v 18 A wicked person is ransom for the righteous person,
-\q and the treacherous person is ransom for upright people.
+\v 18 A wicked person is ransom for the righteous,
+\q and the treacherous person is ransom for the upright.
 
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 \v 29 A wicked man makes his face hard,
-\q but an upright person is certain about his ways. \f + \ft Some ancient copies of the Hebrew text have \fqa but an upright person thinks about his way \fqa* . \f*
+\q but the upright is certain about his ways. \f + \ft Some ancient copies of the Hebrew text have \fqa but the upright thinks about his way \fqa* . \f*
 
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