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