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| [1]Hear, O ye children, the instruction of a father, and give ear to learn understanding. |
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| [2]For I do give you a good doctrine: therefore forsake ye not my law. |
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| [3]For I was my father's son, tender and dear in the sight of my mother, |
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| [4]When he taught me, and said unto me, Let thine heart hold fast my words: keep my commandments, and thou shalt live. |
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| [5]Get wisdom: get understanding: forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth. |
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| [6]Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee: love her and she shall preserve thee. |
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| [7]Wisdom is the beginning: get wisdom therefore: and above all thy possession get understanding. |
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| [8]Exalt her, and she shall exalt thee: she shall bring thee to honor, if thou embrace her. |
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| [9]She shall give a comely ornament unto thine head, yea, she shall give thee a crown of glory. |
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| [10]Hear, my son, and receive my words, and the years of thy life shall be many. |
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| [11]I have taught thee in the way of wisdom, and led thee in the paths of righteousness. |
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| [12]When thou goest, thy gate shall not be strait, and when thou runnest, thou shalt not fall. |
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| [13]Take hold of instruction, and leave not: keep her, for she is thy life. |
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| [14]Enter not into the way of the wicked, and walk not in the way of evil men. |
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| [15]Avoid it, and go not by it: turn from it, and pass by. |
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| [16]For they cannot sleep, except they have done evil, and their sleep departeth except they cause some to fall. |
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| [17]For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. |
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| [18]But the way of the righteous shineth as the light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. |
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| [19]The way of the wicked is as the darkness: they know not wherein they shall fall. |
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| [20]My son, hearken unto my words, incline thine ear unto my sayings. |
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| [21]Let them not depart from thine eyes, but keep them in the midst of thine heart. |
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| [22]For they are life unto those that find them, and health unto all their flesh. |
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| [23]Keep thine heart with all diligence: for there out cometh life. |
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| [24]Put away from thee a froward mouth, and put wicked lips far from thee. |
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| [25]Let thine eyes behold the right, and let thine eyelids direct thy way before thee. |
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| [26]Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be ordered aright. |
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| [27]Turn not to the right hand, nor to the left, but remove thy foot from evil. |
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