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