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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 (4:27)

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