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| 4:1 |
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
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| 4:2 |
For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
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| 4:3 |
For I was my father's son, tender and only [beloved] in the sight of my mother.
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| 4:4 |
He taught me also, and said to me, Let thy heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
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| 4:5 |
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
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| 4:6 |
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
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| 4:7 |
Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
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| 4:8 |
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.
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| 4:9 |
She shall give to thy head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
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| 4:10 |
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
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| 4:11 |
I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
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| 4:12 |
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
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| 4:13 |
Take fast hold of instruction; let [her] not go: keep her; for she [is] thy life.
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| 4:14 |
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil [men].
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| 4:15 |
Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
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| 4:16 |
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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| 4:17 |
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
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| 4:18 |
But the path of the just [is] as the shining light, that shineth more and more to the perfect day.
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| 4:19 |
The way of the wicked [is] as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
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| 4:20 |
My son, attend to my words; incline thy ear to my sayings.
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| 4:21 |
Let them not depart from thy eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart.
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| 4:22 |
For they [are] life to those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
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| 4:23 |
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it [are] the issues of life.
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| 4:24 |
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
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| 4:25 |
Let thy eyes look right on, and let thy eyelids look straight before thee.
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| 4:26 |
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
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| 4:27 |
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
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