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Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding (4:1) For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law (4:2) For I was my father's son, tender and only [beloved] in the sight of my mother (4:3) He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live (4:4) Get wisdom, get understanding: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth (4:5) Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee (4:6) Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding (4:7) Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her (4:8) She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee (4:9) Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many (4:10) I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths (4:11) When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble (4:12) Take fast hold of instruction; let [her] not go: keep her; for she [is] thy life (4:13) Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil [men] (4:14) Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away (4:15) For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall (4:16) For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence (4:17) But the path of the just [is] as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day (4:18) The way of the wicked [is] as darkness: they know not at what they stumble (4:19) My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings (4:20) Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart (4:21) For they [are] life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh (4:22) Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it [are] the issues of life (4:23) Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee (4:24) Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee (4:25) Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established (4:26) Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil
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