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Listen to a Father's Instruction
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
Get Wisdom at Any Cost
Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction;
pay attention and gain understanding.
Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction;
pay attention and gain understanding.
For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
I give you sound learning,
so do not forsake my teaching.
so do not forsake my teaching.
For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
For I too was a son to my father,
still tender, and cherished by my mother.
still tender, and cherished by my mother.
He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
Then he taught me, and he said to me,
“Take hold of my words with all your heart;
keep my commands, and you will live.
“Take hold of my words with all your heart;
keep my commands, and you will live.
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
Get wisdom, get understanding;
do not forget my words or turn away from them.
do not forget my words or turn away from them.
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you;
love her, and she will watch over you.
love her, and she will watch over you.
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.
Cherish her, and she will exalt you;
embrace her, and she will honor you.
embrace her, and she will honor you.
She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
She will give you a garland to grace your head
and present you with a glorious crown.”
and present you with a glorious crown.”
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
Listen, my son, accept what I say,
and the years of your life will be many.
and the years of your life will be many.
I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
I instruct you in the way of wisdom
and lead you along straight paths.
and lead you along straight 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 hampered;
when you run, you will not stumble.
when you run, you will not stumble.
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
Hold on to instruction, do not let it go;
guard it well, for it is your life.
guard it well, for it is your life.
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
Do not set foot on the path of the wicked
or walk in the way of evildoers.
or walk in the way of evildoers.
Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Avoid it, do not travel on it;
turn from it and go on your way.
turn from it and go on your way.
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
For they cannot rest until they do evil;
they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.
they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
They eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.
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 path of the righteous is like the morning sun,
shining ever brighter till the full light of day.
shining ever brighter till the full light of day.
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
But the way of the wicked is like deep 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, pay attention to what I say;
turn your ear to my words.
turn your ear to my words.
Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
Do not let them out of your sight,
keep them within your heart;
keep them within 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 one’s whole body.
and health to one’s whole body.
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Above all else, guard your heart,
for everything you do flows from it.
for everything you do flows from it.
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
Keep your mouth free of perversity;
keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Let your eyes look straight ahead;
fix your gaze directly before you.
fix your gaze directly before you.
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.