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A Father’s Instruction
Hear, O sons, the instruction of a father,
And give attention that you may gain understanding,
Hear, O sons, the instruction of a father,
And give attention that you may gain understanding,
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;
For I give you sound teaching;
Do not abandon my instruction.
Do not abandon my instruction.
for I give you good doctrine: forsake ye not my law.
When I was a son to my father,
Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother,
Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother,
For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.
Then 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;
And he taught me, and said unto me, Let thy heart retain my words; keep my commandments and live.
Acquire wisdom! Acquire 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.
Get wisdom, get intelligence: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
“Do not forsake her, and she will guard you;
Love her, and she will watch over you.
Love her, and she will watch over you.
Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee; love her, and she shall preserve thee.
“The beginning of wisdom is: Acquire wisdom;
And with all your acquiring, get understanding.
And with all your acquiring, get understanding.
The beginning of wisdom [is], Get wisdom; and with all thy getting get intelligence.
“Prize her, and she will exalt you;
She will honor you if you embrace her.
She will honor you if you embrace her.
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee; she shall bring thee to honour when thou dost embrace her.
“She will place on your head a garland of grace;
She will present you with a crown of beauty.”
She will present you with a crown of beauty.”
She shall give to thy head a garland of grace; a crown of glory will she bestow upon thee.
Hear, my son, and accept my sayings
And the years of your life will be many.
And the years of your life will be many.
Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and the years of thy life shall be multiplied.
I have directed you in the way of wisdom;
I have led you in upright paths.
I have led you in upright paths.
I will teach thee in the way of wisdom, I will lead thee in paths of uprightness.
When you walk, your steps will not be impeded;
And if you run, you will not stumble.
And if you run, you will not stumble.
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
Take hold of instruction; do not let go.
Guard her, for she is your life.
Guard her, for she is your life.
Take fast hold of instruction, let [her] not go: keep her, for she is thy life.
Do not enter the path of the wicked
And do not proceed in the way of evil men.
And do not proceed in the way of evil men.
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil [men]:
Avoid it, do not pass by it;
Turn away from it and pass on.
Turn away from it and pass on.
avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass away.
For they cannot sleep unless they do evil;
And they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.
And they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.
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.
And drink the wine of violence.
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
That shines brighter and brighter until the full day.
That shines brighter and brighter until the full day.
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 like darkness;
They do not know over what they stumble.
They do not know over what they stumble.
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
My son, give attention to my words;
Incline your ear to my sayings.
Incline your ear to my sayings.
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Do not let them depart from your sight;
Keep them in the midst of your heart.
Keep them in the midst of your heart.
Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart.
For they are life to those who find them
And health to all their body.
And health to all their body.
For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
Watch over your heart with all diligence,
For from it flow the springs of life.
For from it flow the springs of life.
Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life.
Put away from you a deceitful mouth
And put devious speech far from you.
And put devious speech far from you.
Put away from thee perverseness of mouth, and corrupt lips put far from thee.
Let your eyes look directly ahead
And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you.
And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you.
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Watch the path of your feet
And all your ways will be established.
And all your ways will be established.
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be well-ordered.