1 The Proverbs of Solomon son of David, who reigned in Israel;
2 to know wisdom and instruction, and to perceive words of understanding;
3 to receive also hard saying, and to understand true justice, and [how] to direct judgment;
4 that he might give subtlety to the simple, and to the young man discernment and understanding.
5 For by the hearing of these a wise man will be wiser, and man of understanding will gain direction;
6 and will understand a parable, and a dark speech; the saying of the wise also, and riddles.
7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; and [there is] good understanding to all that practise it: and piety toward God is the beginning of discernment; but the ungodly will set at nothing wisdom and instruction.
8 Hear, [my] son, the instruction of your father, and reject not the rules of your mother.
9 For you shall receive for your head a crown of graces, and a chain of gold round your neck.
10 [My] son, let not ungodly men lead you astray, neither consent you [to them].
11 If they should exhort you, saying, Come with us, partake in blood, and let us unjustly hide the just man in the earth:
12 and let us swallow him alive, as Hades [would], and remove the memorial of him from the earth:
13 let us seize on his valuable property, and let us fill our houses with spoils:
14 but do you cast in your lot with us, and let us all provide a common purse, and let us have one pouch:
15 go not in the way with them, but turn aside your foot from their paths:
16 [For their feet run to do evil, and are swift to shed blood. ]
17 for nets are not without cause spread for birds.
18 For they that are concerned in murder store up evils for themselves; and the overthrow of transgressors is evil.
19 These are the ways of all that perform lawless deeds; for by ungodliness they destroy their own life.
20 Wisdom sings aloud in passages, and in the broad places speaks boldly.
21 And she makes proclamation on the top of the walls, and sits by the gates of princes; and at the gates of the city boldly says,
22 So long as the simple cleave to justice, they shall not be ashamed: but the foolish being lovers of haughtiness, having become ungodly have hated knowledge, and are become subject to reproofs.
23 Behold, I will bring forth to you the utterance of my breath, and I will instruct you in my speech.
24 Since I called, and you⌃ did not listen; and I spoke at length, and you⌃ gave no heed;
25 but you⌃ set at nothing my counsels, and disregarded my reproofs;
26 therefore I also will laugh at your destruction; and I will rejoice against [you] when ruin comes upon you:
27 yes when dismay suddenly comes upon you, and [your] overthrow shall arrive like a tempest; and when tribulation and distress shall come upon you, or when ruin shall come upon you.
28 For it shall be that when you⌃ call upon me, I will not listen to you: wicked men shall seek me, but shall not find [me].
29 For they hated wisdom, and did not choose the word of the Lord:
30 neither would they attend to my counsels, but derided my reproofs.
31 Therefore shall they eat the fruits of their own way, and shall be filled with their own ungodliness.
32 For because they wronged the simple, they shall be slain; and an inquisition shall ruin the ungodly.
33 But he that hearkens to me shall dwell in confidence, and shall rest securely from all evil.
Bible verses about "investment" | LXX2012
Proverbs 1:1-33
Leviticus 19:23-25
23 And whenever you⌃ shall enter into the land which the Lord your God gives you, and shall plant any fruit tree, then shall you⌃ purge away its uncleanness; its fruit shall be three years uncleansed to you, it shall not be eaten.
24 And in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, a subject of praise to the Lord.
25 And in the fifth year you⌃ shall eat the fruit, its produce is an increase to you. I am the Lord your God.
Joshua 1:8
8 And the book of this law shall not depart out of your mouth, and you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may know how to do all the things that are written [in it]; then shall you prosper, and make your ways prosperous, and then shall you be wise.
Deuteronomy 15:4
4 For [thus] there shall not be a poor person in the midst of you, for the Lord your God will surely bless you in the land which the Lord your God gives you by inheritance, that you should inherit it.
Proverbs 22:7
7 The rich will rule over the poor, and servants will lend to their own masters.
Ecclesiastes 11:1-6
1 Send forth your bread upon the face of the water: for you shall find it after many days.
2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for you know not what evil there shall be upon the earth.
3 If the clouds be filled with rain, they pour [it] out upon the earth: and if a tree fall southward, or if it fall northward, in the place where the tree shall fall, there it shall be.
4 He that observes the wind sows not; and he that looks at the clouds will not reap.
5 Among whom none knows what is the way of the wind: as the bones [are hid] in the womb of a pregnant [woman], so you shall not know the works of God, [even] all things whatever he shall do.
6 In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening let not your hand be slack: for you know not what sort shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether both shall be good alike.