Proverbs 1

“The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;” Naming David and Israel keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;” The line’s distinctive content terms include instruction, know, perceive. Its relationship to verses 1 and 3 shows what work it does in this passage.

“To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;” The line’s distinctive content terms include equity, instruction, judgment. Its relationship to verses 2 and 4 shows what work it does in this passage.

“To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.” The line’s distinctive content terms include discretion, knowledge, simple. Its relationship to verses 3 and 5 shows what work it does in this passage.

“A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.” The line’s distinctive content terms include dark, interpretation, proverb. Its relationship to verses 5 and 7 shows what work it does in this passage.

“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.” The line’s distinctive content terms include beginning, despise, fear. Its relationship to verses 6 shows what work it does in this passage.

“My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:” The line’s distinctive content terms include father, forsake, hear. Its relationship to verses 9 shows what work it does in this passage.

“For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.” The line’s distinctive content terms include consent, entice, sinners. Its relationship to verses 9 and 11 shows what work it does in this passage.

“If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:” The line’s distinctive content terms include foot, path, refrain. Its relationship to verses 16 shows what work it does in this passage.

“For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.” Naming Surely keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.” The line’s distinctive content terms include blood, lives, lurk. Its relationship to verses 17 and 19 shows what work it does in this passage.

“So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:” Naming Wisdom keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,” Naming She keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate…” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.” Naming Turn keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:” The line’s distinctive content terms include counsel, nought, reproof. Its relationship to verses 24 and 26 shows what work it does in this passage.

“I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;” The line’s distinctive content terms include calamity, cometh, fear. Its relationship to verses 25 and 27 shows what work it does in this passage.

“When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon…” The line’s distinctive content terms include cometh, anguish, desolation. Its relationship to verses 26 and 28 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD :” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.” The line’s distinctive content terms include counsel, despised, reproof. Its relationship to verses 29 and 31 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.