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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.
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;
I give you sound learning,
so do not forsake my teaching.
so do not forsake my teaching.
for I give you good doctrine: forsake ye not my law.
For I too was a son to my father,
still tender, and cherished by my mother.
still tender, and cherished by 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 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.
And he taught me, and said unto me, Let thy heart retain my words; keep my commandments and live.
Get wisdom, get understanding;
do not forget my words or turn away from them.
do not forget my words or turn away from them.
Get wisdom, get intelligence: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
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.
Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee; love her, and she shall preserve thee.
The beginning of wisdom [is], Get wisdom; and with all thy getting get intelligence.
Cherish her, and she will exalt you;
embrace her, and she will honor you.
embrace her, and she will honor you.
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee; she shall bring thee to honour when thou dost embrace her.
She will give you a garland to grace your head
and present you with a glorious crown.”
and present you with a glorious crown.”
She shall give to thy head a garland of grace; a crown of glory will she bestow upon thee.
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.
Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and the years of thy life shall be multiplied.
I instruct you in the way of wisdom
and lead you along straight paths.
and lead you along straight 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 hampered;
when you run, you will not stumble.
when you run, you will not stumble.
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
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.
Take fast hold of instruction, let [her] not go: keep her, for she is thy life.
Do not set foot on the path of the wicked
or walk in the way of evildoers.
or walk in the way of evildoers.
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil [men]:
Avoid it, do not travel on it;
turn from it and go on your way.
turn from it and go on your way.
avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass away.
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 sleep not except they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away unless they have caused [some] to fall.
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.
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.
But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, going on and brightening until the day be fully come.
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.
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
My son, pay attention to what I say;
turn your ear to my words.
turn your ear to my words.
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Do not let them out of your sight,
keep them within your heart;
keep them within 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 one’s whole body.
and health to one’s whole body.
For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
Above all else, guard your heart,
for everything you do flows from it.
for everything you do flows from it.
Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life.
Keep your mouth free of perversity;
keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
Put away from thee perverseness of mouth, and corrupt lips put far from thee.
Let your eyes look straight ahead;
fix your gaze directly before you.
fix your gaze directly before you.
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be well-ordered.