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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.
I give you sound learning,
so do not forsake my teaching.
so do not forsake my teaching.
for I give you good precepts;
do not forsake my teaching.
do not forsake my teaching.
For I too was a son to my father,
still tender, and cherished by my mother.
still tender, and cherished by my mother.
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,
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
Do not forsake her, and she will keep 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.
Cherish her, and she will exalt you;
embrace her, and she will honor you.
embrace her, and she will honor you.
Prize her highly, and she will exalt you;
she will honor you if you embrace her.
she will honor you if you 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 will place on your head a graceful garland;
she will bestow on you a beautiful crown.”
she will bestow on you a beautiful crown.”
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 accept my words,
that the years of your life may be many.
that the years of your life may be many.
I instruct you in the way of wisdom
and lead you along straight paths.
and lead you along straight paths.
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.
When you walk, your steps will not be hampered;
when you run, you will not stumble.
when you run, you will not stumble.
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.
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.
Keep hold of instruction; do not let go;
guard her, for she is your life.
guard her, for she is your 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.
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.
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; do not go on it;
turn away from it and pass on.
turn away from it and pass on.
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 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.
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.
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 like the light of dawn,
which shines brighter and brighter until full day.
which shines brighter and brighter until full day.
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 like deep darkness;
they do not know over what they stumble.
they do not know over 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, be attentive to my words;
incline your ear to my sayings.
incline your ear to my sayings.
Do not let them out of your sight,
keep them within your heart;
keep them within your heart;
Let them not escape from your sight;
keep them within your heart.
keep them within your heart.
for they are life to those who find them
and health to one’s whole body.
and health to one’s whole body.
Above all else, guard your heart,
for everything you do flows from it.
for everything you do flows from it.
Keep your heart with all vigilance,
for from it flow the springs of life.
for from it flow the springs 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 you crooked speech,
and put devious talk far from you.
and put devious talk far from you.
Let your eyes look straight ahead;
fix your gaze directly before you.
fix your gaze directly before you.
Let your eyes look directly forward,
and your gaze be straight before you.
and your gaze be straight before you.