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Listen to a Father's Instruction
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know intelligence;
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know intelligence;
Security in Wisdom
Hear, my children, the instruction of a father,
And give attention to know understanding;
Hear, my children, the instruction of a father,
And give attention to know understanding;
for I give you good doctrine: forsake ye not my law.
For I give you good doctrine:
Do not forsake my law.
Do not forsake my law.
For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.
When I was my father’s son,
Tender and the only one in the sight of my mother,
Tender and the only one in the sight of my mother,
And he taught me, and said unto me, Let thy heart retain my words; keep my commandments and live.
He also taught me, and said to me:
“Let your heart retain my words;
Keep my commands, and live.
“Let your heart retain my words;
Keep my commands, and live.
Get wisdom, get intelligence: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
Get wisdom! Get understanding!
Do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth.
Do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth.
Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee; love her, and she shall preserve thee.
Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you;
Love her, and she will keep you.
Love her, and she will keep you.
The beginning of wisdom [is], Get wisdom; and with all thy getting get intelligence.
Wisdom is the principal thing;
Therefore get wisdom.
And in all your getting, get understanding.
Therefore get wisdom.
And in all your getting, get understanding.
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee; she shall bring thee to honour when thou dost embrace her.
Exalt her, and she will promote you;
She will bring you honor, when you embrace her.
She will bring you honor, when you embrace her.
She shall give to thy head a garland of grace; a crown of glory will she bestow upon thee.
She will place on your head an ornament of grace;
A crown of glory she will deliver to you.”
A crown of glory she will deliver to you.”
Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and the years of thy life shall be multiplied.
Hear, my son, and receive my sayings,
And the years of your life will be many.
And the years of your life will be many.
I will teach thee in the way of wisdom, I will lead thee in paths of uprightness.
I have taught you in the way of wisdom;
I have led you in right paths.
I have led you in right paths.
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
When you walk, your steps will not be hindered,
And when you run, you will not stumble.
And when you run, you will not stumble.
Take fast hold of instruction, let [her] not go: keep her, for she is thy life.
Take firm hold of instruction, do not let go;
Keep her, for she is your life.
Keep her, for she is your life.
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil [men]:
Do not enter the path of the wicked,
And do not walk in the way of evil.
And do not walk in the way of evil.
avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass away.
Avoid it, do not travel on it;
Turn away from it and pass on.
Turn away from it and pass on.
For they sleep not except they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away unless they have caused [some] to fall.
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
For they eat the bread of wickedness,
And drink the wine of violence.
And drink the wine of violence.
But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, going on and brightening until the day be fully come.
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
The way of the wicked is like darkness;
They do not know what makes them stumble.
They do not know what makes them stumble.
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
My son, give attention to my words;
Incline your ear to my sayings.
Incline your ear to my sayings.
Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart.
Do not let them depart from your eyes;
Keep them in the midst of your heart;
Keep them in the midst of your heart;
For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
For they are life to those who find them,
And health to all their flesh.
And health to all their flesh.
Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life.
Keep your heart with all diligence,
For out of it spring the issues of life.
For out of it spring the issues of life.
Put away from thee perverseness of mouth, and corrupt lips put far from thee.
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Let your eyes look straight ahead,
And your eyelids look right before you.
And your eyelids look right before you.
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be well-ordered.
Ponder the path of your feet,
And let all your ways be established.
And let all your ways be established.