PR-4:1  Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and

attend to know

understanding.

PR-4:2  For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

PR-4:3  For I was my father's son, tender and only [beloved] in

the sight of

my mother.

PR-4:4  He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart

retain my words:

keep my commandments, and live.

PR-4:5  Get wisdom, get understanding: forget [it] not; neither

decline from

the words of my mouth.

PR-4:6  Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her,

and she shall

keep thee.

PR-4:7  Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom:

and with all

thy getting get understanding.

PR-4:8  Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring

thee to honour,

when thou dost embrace her.

PR-4:9  She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a

crown of glory

shall she deliver to thee.

PR-4:10  Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years

of thy life

shall be many.

PR-4:11  I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led

thee in right

paths.

PR-4:12  When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and

when thou

runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

PR-4:13  Take fast hold of instruction; let [her] not go: keep

her; for she

[is] thy life.

PR-4:14  Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in

the way of evil

[men].

PR-4:15  Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

PR-4:16  For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and

their sleep

is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.

PR-4:17  For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the

wine of violence.

PR-4:18  But the path of the just [is] as the shining light,

that shineth more

and more unto the perfect day.

PR-4:19  The way of the wicked [is] as darkness: they know not

at what they

stumble.

PR-4:20  My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my

sayings.

PR-4:21  Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the

midst of thine

heart.

PR-4:22  For they [are] life unto those that find them, and

health to all

their flesh.

PR-4:23  Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it [are]

the issues of

life.

PR-4:24  Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips

put far from

thee.

PR-4:25  Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids

look straight

before thee.

PR-4:26  Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be

established.

PR-4:27  Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy

foot from

evil.

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