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Proverbs 1:1

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    2/15/1980, p. 25

  • Publications Index

    w80 2/15 25

Proverbs 1:2

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    9/15/2006, p. 16

    9/15/1999, pp. 12-13

    2/15/1980, p. 25

    3/15/1961, pp. 185-186

  • Publications Index

    w06 9/15 16; w99 9/15 12-13;

    w80 2/15 25; w61 186

Proverbs 1:3

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    9/15/1999, pp. 12-13

    2/15/1980, p. 25

    3/15/1961, pp. 185-186

  • Publications Index

    w99 9/15 12-13;

    w80 2/15 25; w61 186

Proverbs 1:4

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 1094

    The Watchtower,

    12/15/2002, p. 30

    9/15/1999, pp. 12-13

    2/15/1980, p. 25

    Awake!,

    9/8/1984, p. 21

    3/22/1984, p. 12

    1/22/1984, p. 22

  • Publications Index

    it-2 1094; w02 12/15 30; w99 9/15 12-13;

    g84 1/22 22; g84 3/22 12; g84 9/8 21; w80 2/15 25

Proverbs 1:5

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 1140

    The Watchtower,

    6/15/2012, p. 30

    9/15/1999, p. 13

    6/15/1995, p. 19

    11/15/1972, p. 703

    7/1/1966, pp. 392-394

    5/15/1966, p. 317

    9/15/1960, pp. 559-561

    3/1/1960, pp. 136-138

  • Publications Index

    it-2 1140; w12 6/15 30; w99 9/15 13; w95 6/15 19;

    w72 703; w66 317, 393; g64 8/22 4; g64 9/22 5, 7; w60 137, 560

Proverbs 1:6

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 806, 1140

    The Watchtower,

    9/15/1999, p. 13

    2/15/1980, pp. 25-26

  • Publications Index

    it-2 806, 1140; w99 9/15 13;

    w80 2/15 25-26; ad 1409

Proverbs 1:7

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 180, 704

    The Watchtower,

    9/15/2006, p. 17

    9/15/1999, pp. 13-14

    5/15/1990, pp. 11-12

    3/15/1989, p. 6

    8/15/1987, p. 31

    5/15/1987, p. 28

    3/15/1974, p. 179

    8/15/1973, p. 491

    11/1/1971, p. 660

    1/15/1971, p. 53

    7/15/1962, pp. 447-448

    11/1/1957, pp. 657-659

    9/1/1950, pp. 282-283

    Awake!,

    8/22/1997, p. 19

    1/8/1981, p. 23

    5/22/1980, p. 24

    Reasoning, pp. 288-289

    Youth, pp. 93-94

  • Publications Index

    it-2 180, 704; w06 9/15 17; w99 9/15 13-14; g97 8/22 19; w90 5/15 11-12; w89 3/15 6; rs 288-289; w87 5/15 28; w87 8/15 31;

    g81 1/8 23; g80 5/22 24; yy 93-94; w74 179; w73 491; w71 53; w71 660; w62 447; w57 658; w50 282; w41 214; ci 261; w35 115; w31 309

Proverbs 1:8

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Enjoy Life Forever!, lesson 50

    The Watchtower,

    8/1/2000, p. 5

    9/15/1999, p. 14

    10/15/1992, pp. 8-9

    3/1/1973, p. 141

    9/1/1971, p. 526

    5/15/1961, pp. 306-308

    10/1/1950, pp. 345-346

    Awake!,

    8/22/1997, p. 19

  • Publications Index

    lff lesson 50; w00 8/1 5; w99 9/15 14; g97 8/22 19; w92 10/15 9;

    fl 108; w73 141; w71 526; g62 4/8 18; w61 307; w50 345

Proverbs 1:9

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 483

    The Watchtower,

    9/15/1999, p. 14

    5/15/1961, pp. 306-308

  • Publications Index

    it-2 483; w99 9/15 14;

    ad 1214; w61 307

Proverbs 1:10

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    9/15/1999, pp. 14-15

    5/15/1965, p. 292

  • Publications Index

    w99 9/15 14;

    w65 292; g63 5/8 4

Proverbs 1:11

Footnotes

  • *

    1:11 Lit. hide for an innocent man

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/1965, p. 292

  • Publications Index

    w65 292

Proverbs 1:12

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    9/15/1999, pp. 14-15

  • Publications Index

    w99 9/15 14;

    w49 264

Proverbs 1:13

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    9/15/1999, pp. 14-15

  • Publications Index

    w99 9/15 14-15

Proverbs 1:14

Footnotes

  • *

    1:14 Lit. shall cast your lot among us

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    9/15/1999, pp. 14-15

    5/15/1965, p. 292

  • Publications Index

    w99 9/15 14-15;

    w65 292

Proverbs 1:15

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/1965, p. 292

  • Publications Index

    w65 292

Proverbs 1:17

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 316

    The Watchtower,

    9/15/1999, p. 15

    6/15/1978, p. 10

    5/15/1961, pp. 306-308

  • Publications Index

    it-1 316; w99 9/15 15;

    w78 6/15 10; ad 234; w61 307

Proverbs 1:18

Footnotes

  • *

    1:18 Lit. hiding for their own lives

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    9/15/1999, p. 15

  • Publications Index

    w99 9/15 15

Proverbs 1:19

Footnotes

  • *

    1:19 Lit. Such are the trails of Var. Such is the future of

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    9/15/1999, p. 15

  • Publications Index

    w99 9/15 15

Proverbs 1:20

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    9/15/1999, p. 15

    3/1/1958, p. 140

    11/1/1957, pp. 667-669

  • Publications Index

    w22.10 18; w99 9/15 15;

    w58 140; w57 668

Proverbs 1:21

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    9/15/1999, p. 15

    11/1/1957, pp. 667-669

  • Publications Index

    w99 9/15 15;

    w57 668

Proverbs 1:22

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    2/1/1974, p. 90

    11/1/1957, pp. 667-669

  • Publications Index

    w22.10 19-21;

    w74 90; w57 668

Proverbs 1:23

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    2/1/1974, p. 90

    11/1/1957, pp. 667-669

  • Publications Index

    w74 90; w57 668

Proverbs 1:24

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    8/15/1962, pp. 508-510

    11/1/1957, pp. 667-669

  • Publications Index

    g65 7/22 6; w62 509; w57 668

Proverbs 1:25

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/1965, pp. 434-436

    11/1/1957, pp. 667-669

  • Publications Index

    w65 435; g65 7/22 6; w57 668

Proverbs 1:26

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    11/1/1957, pp. 667-669

  • Publications Index

    w57 668

Proverbs 1:27

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    11/1/1957, pp. 667-669

  • Publications Index

    w57 668

Proverbs 1:28

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    11/1/1957, pp. 667-669

  • Publications Index

    g65 7/22 6; w57 668; w35 277

Proverbs 1:29

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    11/1/1957, pp. 667-669

  • Publications Index

    w57 668

Proverbs 1:30

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    7/1/1972, p. 392

    7/15/1965, pp. 434-436

    11/1/1957, pp. 667-669

  • Publications Index

    w72 392; w65 435; w57 668; w35 277

Proverbs 1:31

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    11/1/1957, pp. 667-669

  • Publications Index

    w57 668

Proverbs 1:32

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    10/1/2002, p. 32

    6/1/1973, pp. 341-342

    11/15/1972, p. 675

  • Publications Index

    w02 10/1 32;

    w73 341-342; w72 675; g69 10/8 29; w40 243

Proverbs 1:33

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    4/1/1977, p. 204

    4/15/1969, p. 246

    12/1/1961, p. 727

    Secure Future, pp. 28-29

  • Publications Index

    w77 204; fu 28; w69 246; w61 727

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Proverbs 1:1-33

Proverbs

The Book of Proverbs

1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David,

king of Israel,

2 For knowing wisdom and instruction,

for understanding sentences of insight,

3 For getting instruction in the successful practice

of honesty and justice and rectitude,

4 For giving shrewdness to simpletons,

knowledge and practicality to a boy,

5 While a wise man hears and adds to his lore

and an expert acquires technique;

6 For understanding proverb and paradox,

wise men’s words and their riddles.

7 Fear of Jehovah is the first thing in knowledge.

Wisdom and instruction ignoramuses despise.

8 Listen, son, to your father’s instruction,

and never abandon your mother’s teachings,

9 Because they are a becoming garland for your head

and a necklace for your throat.

10 My son, if sinners are inveigling you

do not consent.

11* If they say “Come with us,

let us lay an ambush for bloodshed,

set a trap for an innocent man for nothing;

12 We shall swallow them alive like the grave,

sound and whole like men going down to the world below;

13 We shall come across all sorts of valuable goods,

fill our houses with booty;

14* You shall get an even split,

we will have one purse for all,”

15 My son, do not walk on a road with them,

keep your foot off their path,

16 Because their feet are running to evil

and hurrying to shed blood.

17 For it is for nothing that the net flutters

before the eyes of any bird,

18* And they are laying ambushes for their own blood,

setting traps for their own lives.

19* Such is the fate of whoever grasps at gain;

it takes its owners’ life.

20 Wisdom holloos on the street,

sends out her voice in the squares,

21 Calls out at the crowded corners,

says her say in the city at the gates,

22 “How long, simpletons, will you love simpleness,

and cynics like to be cynical,

and fools hate knowledge?

23 You should turn back at my admonition;

I would stream my spirit for you,

would make my words known to you.

24 Since I have called and you refused,

held out my hand and nobody listened,

25 And you neglected my advice

and would not have my admonition,

26 I on my part will laugh at your calamity,

will make fun when what you dread comes,

27 When what you dread comes like a thunderstorm

and your calamity arrives like a gale,

when distress and hard straits come upon you;

28 Then they will call me and I will not answer,

they will go in quest of me and not find me.

29 Inasmuch as they hated knowledge

and did not choose the fear of Jehovah,

30 Would not have my advice,

despised all my admonition,

31 They shall eat out of the fruit of their courses

and have their fill out of their policies,

32 Because simpletons’ broken resolutions kill them

and fools’ faith in their luck destroys them.

33 But he who listens to me shall dwell unafraid

and be at ease from dread of harm.”

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