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| 4:1 |
Hear, O sons, a father's instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight;
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| 4:2 |
for I give you good precepts: do not forsake my teaching.
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| 4:3 |
When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother,
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| 4:4 |
he taught me, and said to me, 'Let your heart hold fast my words;keep my commandments, and live;
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| 4:5 |
do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. Get wisdom;get insight.
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| 4:6 |
Do not forsake her, and she will keep you;love her, and she will guard you.
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| 4:7 |
The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight.
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| 4:8 |
Prize her highly, and she will exalt you;she will honor you if you embrace her.
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| 4:9 |
She will place on your head a fair garland;she will bestow on you a beautiful crown.'
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| 4:10 |
Hear, my son, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many.
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| 4:11 |
I have taught you the way of wisdom;I have led you in the paths of uprightness.
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| 4:12 |
When you walk, your step will not be hampered;and if you run, you will not stumble.
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| 4:13 |
Keep hold of instruction, do not let go;guard her, for she is your life.
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| 4:14 |
Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of evil men.
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| 4:15 |
Avoid it;do not go on it;turn away from it and pass on.
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| 4:16 |
For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong;they are robbed of sleep unless they have made some one stumble.
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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 righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.
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| 4:19 |
The way of the wicked is like deep darkness;they do not know over what they stumble.
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| 4:20 |
My son, be attentive to my words;incline your ear to my sayings.
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| 4:21 |
Let them not escape from your sight;keep them within your heart.
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| 4:22 |
For they are life to him who finds them, and healing to all his flesh.
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| 4:23 |
Keep your heart with all vigilance;for from it flow the springs of life.
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| 4:24 |
Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you.
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| 4:25 |
Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you.
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| 4:26 |
Take heed to the path of your feet, then all your ways will be sure.
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| 4:27 |
Do not swerve to the right or to the left;turn your foot away from evil.
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