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| [1]HEAR, O my children, the instruction of a father, and give ear to knowledge and understanding. |
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| [2]Because I give you good doctrine, do not forsake my law. |
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| [3]For I was also a son to my father, tender and the only begotten in the sight of my mother. |
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| [4]He taught me, and said to me, Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live; and let my law be as the pupil of the eye. |
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| [5]Get wisdom, get understanding; and turn not aside from the words of my mouth. |
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| [6]Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will save you. |
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| [7]Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; and with all your substance get understanding. |
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| [8]Love her, and she shall exalt you; embrace her, and she shall honor you. |
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| [9]She shall put upon your head an ornament of grace; a crown of glory shall she bestow upon you. |
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| [10]Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of your life shall be many. |
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| [11]I have taught you the ways of wisdom; I have led you in right paths. |
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| [12]When you walk, your steps will not be unsteady; and when you run, you will not stumble. |
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| [13]Take fast hold of my instruction, and do not forsake her; keep her, for she is your life |
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| [14]Do not walk in the way of evil men, and do not envy the way of the wicked. |
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| [15]The place where they dwell, do not pass by it, turn away from it, |
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| [16]For they do not sleep until they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away until their evil devices are carried out. |
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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 path of the righteous is like the shining light that shines more and more unto the perfect day. |
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| [19]The way of the wicked is like darkness; they do not know at what they stumble |
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| [20]My son, attend to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. |
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| [21]Do not let them depart from your eyes; but keep them in the midst of your heart. |
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| [22]For they are life to him who finds them, and health to all his flesh. |
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| [23]Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life. |
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| [24]Put away from you a perverse mouth, and the counsel of deceit put far from your lips. |
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| [25]Let your eyes look straight forward, and let your eyelids look straight before you. |
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| [26]Keep your feet away from evil paths; then all your ways shall be firm. |
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| [27]Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; but remove your foot from evil |
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