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for I give you good precepts;
do not forsake my teaching.
do not forsake my teaching.
for I am giving you good guidance.
Don’t turn away from my instructions.
Don’t turn away from my instructions.
When I was a son with my father,
tender, the only one in the sight of my mother,
tender, the only one in the sight of my mother,
For I, too, was once my father’s son,
tenderly loved as my mother’s only child.
tenderly loved as my mother’s only child.
he taught me and said to me,
“Let your heart hold fast my words;
keep my commandments, and live.
“Let your heart hold fast my words;
keep my commandments, and live.
My father taught me,
“Take my words to heart.
Follow my commands, and you will live.
“Take my words to heart.
Follow my commands, and you will live.
Get wisdom; get insight;
do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
Get wisdom; develop good judgment.
Don’t forget my words or turn away from them.
Don’t forget my words or turn away from them.
Do not forsake her, and she will keep you;
love her, and she will guard you.
love her, and she will guard you.
Don’t turn your back on wisdom, for she will protect you.
Love her, and she will guard you.
Love her, and she will guard you.
The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom,
and whatever you get, get insight.
and whatever you get, get insight.
Getting wisdom is the wisest thing you can do!
And whatever else you do, develop good judgment.
And whatever else you do, develop good judgment.
Prize her highly, and she will exalt you;
she will honor you if you embrace her.
she will honor you if you embrace her.
If you prize wisdom, she will make you great.
Embrace her, and she will honor you.
Embrace her, and she will honor you.
She will place on your head a graceful garland;
she will bestow on you a beautiful crown.”
she will bestow on you a beautiful crown.”
She will place a lovely wreath on your head;
she will present you with a beautiful crown.”
she will present you with a beautiful crown.”
Hear, my son, and accept my words,
that the years of your life may be many.
that the years of your life may be many.
I have taught you the way of wisdom;
I have led you in the paths of uprightness.
I have led you in the paths of uprightness.
I will teach you wisdom’s ways
and lead you in straight paths.
and lead you in straight paths.
When you walk, your step will not be hampered,
and if you run, you will not stumble.
and if you run, you will not stumble.
When you walk, you won’t be held back;
when you run, you won’t stumble.
when you run, you won’t stumble.
Keep hold of instruction; do not let go;
guard her, for she is your life.
guard her, for she is your life.
Take hold of my instructions; don’t let them go.
Guard them, for they are the key to life.
Guard them, for they are the key to life.
Do not enter the path of the wicked,
and do not walk in the way of the evil.
and do not walk in the way of the evil.
Don’t do as the wicked do,
and don’t follow the path of evildoers.
and don’t follow the path of evildoers.
Avoid it; do not go on it;
turn away from it and pass on.
turn away from it and pass on.
Don’t even think about it; don’t go that way.
Turn away and keep moving.
Turn away and keep moving.
For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong;
they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.
they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.
For evil people can’t sleep until they’ve done their evil deed for the day.
They can’t rest until they’ve caused someone to stumble.
They can’t rest until they’ve caused someone to stumble.
For they eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.
and drink the wine of violence.
They eat the food of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence!
and drink the wine of violence!
But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
which shines brighter and brighter until full day.
which shines brighter and brighter until full day.
The way of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn,
which shines ever brighter until the full light of day.
which shines ever brighter until the full light of day.
The way of the wicked is like deep darkness;
they do not know over what they stumble.
they do not know over what they stumble.
But the way of the wicked is like total darkness.
They have no idea what they are stumbling over.
They have no idea what they are stumbling over.
My son, be attentive to my words;
incline your ear to my sayings.
incline your ear to my sayings.
My child, pay attention to what I say.
Listen carefully to my words.
Listen carefully to my words.
Let them not escape from your sight;
keep them within your heart.
keep them within your heart.
Don’t lose sight of them.
Let them penetrate deep into your heart,
Let them penetrate deep into your heart,
for they bring life to those who find them,
and healing to their whole body.
and healing to their whole body.
Keep your heart with all vigilance,
for from it flow the springs of life.
for from it flow the springs of life.
Guard your heart above all else,
for it determines the course of your life.
for it determines the course of your life.
Put away from you crooked speech,
and put devious talk far from you.
and put devious talk far from you.
Avoid all perverse talk;
stay away from corrupt speech.
stay away from corrupt speech.
Let your eyes look directly forward,
and your gaze be straight before you.
and your gaze be straight before you.
Look straight ahead,
and fix your eyes on what lies before you.
and fix your eyes on what lies before you.
Mark out a straight path for your feet;
stay on the safe path.
stay on the safe path.