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