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[1] Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction.
Pay attention and know understanding;
[2] for I give you sound learning.
Don’t forsake my law.
[3] For I was a son to my father,
tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.
[4] He taught me, and said to me:
“Let your heart retain my words.
Keep my commandments, and live.
[5] Get wisdom.
Get understanding.
Don’t forget, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth.
[6] Don’t forsake her, and she will preserve you.
Love her, and she will keep you.
[7] Wisdom is supreme.
Get wisdom.
Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.
[8] Esteem her, and she will exalt you.
She will bring you to honor when you embrace her.
[9] She will give to your head a garland of grace.
She will deliver a crown of splendor to you.” [10] Listen, my son, and receive my sayings.
The years of your life will be many.
[11] I have taught you in the way of wisdom.
I have led you in straight paths.
[12] When you go, your steps will not be hampered.
When you run, you will not stumble.
[13] Take firm hold of instruction.
Don’t let her go.
Keep her, for she is your life.
[14] Don’t enter into the path of the wicked.
Don’t walk in the way of evil men.
[15] Avoid it, and don’t pass by it.
Turn from it, and pass on.
[16] For they don’t sleep unless they do evil.
Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.
[17] For they eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.
[18] But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light
that shines more and more until the perfect day.
[19] The way of the wicked is like darkness.
They don’t know what they stumble over. [20] My son, attend to my words.
Turn your ear to my sayings.
[21] Let them not depart from your eyes.
Keep them in the center of your heart.
[22] For they are life to those who find them,
and health to their whole body.
[23] Keep your heart with all diligence,
for out of it is the wellspring of life.
[24] Put away from yourself a perverse mouth.
Put corrupt lips far from you.
[25] Let your eyes look straight ahead.
Fix your gaze directly before you.
[26] Make the path of your feet level.
Let all of your ways be established.
[27] Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left.
Remove your foot from evil.
King James Version

A Father’s Instruction

[1] Hear, H8085 ye children, H1121 the instruction H4148 of a father, H1
And attend H7181 to know H3045 understanding. H998
[2] For H3588 I give H5414 you good H2896 doctrine, H3948
Forsake H5800 ye not my law. H8451
[3] For H3588 I was my father’s H1 son, H1121
Tender H7390 and only H3173 beloved in the sight H6440 of my mother. H517
[4] He taught H3384 me also, and said H559 unto me,
Let thine heart H3820 retain H8551 my words: H1697
Keep H8104 my commandments, H4687 and live. H2421
[5] Get H7069 wisdom, H2451 get H7069 understanding: H998
Forget H7911 it not; neither decline H5186 from the words H561 of my mouth. H6310
[6] Forsake H5800 her not, and she shall preserve H8104 thee:
Love H157 her, and she shall keep H5341 thee.
[7] Wisdom H2451 is the principal thing; H7225 therefore get H7069 wisdom: H2451
And with all thy getting H7075 get understanding. H998
[8] Exalt H5549 her, and she shall promote H7311 thee:
She shall bring thee to honour, H3513 when thou dost embrace H2263 her.
[9] She shall give H5414 to thine head H7218 an ornament H3880 of grace: H2580
A crown H5850 of glory H8597 shall she deliver H4042 to thee.§
[10] Hear, H8085 O my son, H1121 and receive H3947 my sayings; H561
And the years H8141 of thy life H2416 shall be many. H7235
[11] I have taught H3384 thee in the way H1870 of wisdom; H2451
I have led H1869 thee in right H3476 paths. H4570
[12] When thou goest, H3212 thy steps H6806 shall H3334 not H3808 be straitened; H3334
And when thou runnest, H7323 thou shalt not stumble. H3782
[13] Take fast hold H2388 of instruction; H4148 let her not go: H7503
Keep H5341 her; for she is thy life. H2416
[14] Enter H935 not H408 into the path H734 of the wicked, H7563
And go H833 not H408 in the way H1870 of evil H7451 men.
[15] Avoid H6544 it, pass H5674 not H408 by it,
Turn H7847 from it, and pass away. H5674
[16] For H3588 they sleep H3462 not, except they have done mischief; H7489
And their sleep H8142 is taken away, H1497 unless they cause some to fall. H3782 H3782
[17] For H3588 they eat H3898 the bread H3899 of wickedness, H7562
And drink H8354 the wine H3196 of violence. H2555
[18] But the path H734 of the just H6662 is as the shining H5051 light, H216
That shineth H215 more H1980 and more unto the perfect H3559 day. H3117
[19] The way H1870 of the wicked H7563 is as darkness: H653
They know H3045 not H3808 at what they stumble. H3782
[20] My son, H1121 attend H7181 to my words; H1697
Incline H5186 thine ear H241 unto my sayings. H561
[21] Let them not depart H3868 from thine eyes; H5869
Keep H8104 them in the midst H8432 of thine heart. H3824
[22] For they are life H2416 unto those that find H4672 them,
And health§ H4832 to all their flesh. H1320
[23] Keep H5341 thy heart H3820 with all diligence; H4929§
For out of it are the issues H8444 of life. H2416
[24] Put away H5493 from H4480 thee a froward H6143 mouth, H6310
And perverse H3891 lips H8193§ put far H7368 from thee.
[25] Let thine eyes H5869 look H5027 right on, H5227
And let thine eyelids H6079 look straight H3474 before thee.
[26] Ponder H6424 the path H4570 of thy feet, H7272
And let all thy ways H1870 be established. H3559§
[27] Turn H5186 not H408 to the right hand H3225 nor to the left: H8040
Remove H5493 thy foot H7272 from evil. H7451

Footnotes

  1. § 4:9 Or, she shall compass thee with a crown of glory
  2. § 4:22 Heb. medicine
  3. § 4:23 Heb. above all keeping
  4. § 4:24 Heb. frowardness of mouth and perverseness of lips
  5. § 4:26 Or, all thy ways shall be ordered aright
Septuaginta
[1] Ἀκούσατε, G191 παῖδες, G3816 παιδείαν G3809 πατρὸς G3962 καὶ G2532 προσέχετε G4337 γνῶναι G1097 ἔννοιαν· G1771 [2] δῶρον G1435 γὰρ G1063 ἀγαθὸν G18 δωροῦμαι G1433 ὑμῖν, G5213 τὸν G3588 ἐμὸν G1699 νόμον G3551 μὴ G3361 ἐγκαταλίπητε. G1459 [3] Υἱὸς G5207 γὰρ G1063 ἐγενόμην G1096 κἀγὼ G2504 πατρὶ G3962 ὑπήκοος G5255 καὶ G2532 ἀγαπώμενος G25 ἐν G1722 προσώπῳ G4383 μητρός, G3384 [4] οἳ G3739 ἔλεγον G3004 καὶ G2532 ἐδίδασκόν G1321 με G3165 Ἐρειδέτω G2043 ὁ G3588 ἡμέτερος G2251 λόγος G3056 εἰς G1519 σὴν G4674 καρδίαν· G2588 [5] φύλασσε G5442 ἐντολάς, G1785 μὴ G3361 ἐπιλάθῃ G1950 μηδὲ G3366 παρίδῃς ῥῆσιν ἐμοῦ G1699 στόματος G4750 [6] μηδὲ G3366 ἐγκαταλίπῃς G1459 αὐτήν, G846 καὶ G2532 ἀνθέξεταί G472 σου· G4675 ἐράσθητι αὐτῆς, G846 καὶ G2532 τηρήσει G5083 σε· G4571 …[8] περιχαράκωσον αὐτήν, G846 καὶ G2532 ὑψώσει G5312 σε· G4571 τίμησον G5091 αὐτήν, G846 ἵνα G2443 σε G4571 περιλάβῃ, [9] ἵνα G2443 δῷ G1325 τῇ G3588 σῇ G4674 κεφαλῇ G2776 στέφανον G4735 χαρίτων, G5485 στεφάνῳ G4735 δὲ G1161 τρυφῆς G5172 ὑπερασπίσῃ σου. G4675 [10] Ἄκουε, G191 υἱέ, G5207 καὶ G2532 δέξαι G1209 ἐμοὺς G1699 λόγους, G3056 καὶ G2532 πληθυνθήσεται G4129 ἔτη G2094 ζωῆς G2222 σου, G4675 ἵνα G2443 σοι G4671 γένωνται G1096 πολλαὶ G4183 ὁδοὶ G3598 βίου· G979 [11] ὁδοὺς G3598 γὰρ G1063 σοφίας G4678 διδάσκω G1321 σε, G4571 ἐμβιβάζω G1688 δέ G1161 σε G4571 τροχιαῖς G5163 ὀρθαῖς. G3717 [12] Ἐὰν G1437 γὰρ G1063 πορεύῃ, G4198 οὐ G3756 συγκλεισθήσεταί G4788 σου G4675 τὰ G3588 διαβήματα· ἐὰν G1437 δὲ G1161 τρέχῃς, G5143 οὐ G3756 κοπιάσεις. G2872 [13] Ἐπιλαβοῦ G1949 ἐμῆς G1699 παιδείας, G3809 μὴ G3361 ἀφῇς, G863 ἀλλὰ G235 φύλαξον G5442 αὐτὴν G846 σεαυτῷ G4572 εἰς G1519 ζωήν G2222 σου. G4675 [14] Ὁδοὺς G3598 ἀσεβῶν G765 μὴ G3361 ἐπέλθῃς G1904 μηδὲ G3366 ζηλώσῃς G2206 ὁδοὺς G3598 παρανόμων· [15] ἐν G1722 ᾧ G3739 ἂν G302 τόπῳ G5117 στρατοπεδεύσωσιν, μὴ G3361 ἐπέλθῃς G1904 ἐκεῖ, G1563 ἔκκλινον G1578 δὲ G1161 ἀπ’ G575 αὐτῶν G846 καὶ G2532 παράλλαξον. [16] Οὐ G3756 γὰρ G1063 μὴ G3361 ὑπνώσωσιν, ἐὰν G1437 μὴ G3361 κακοποιήσωσιν· G2554 ἀφῄρηται G851 ὁ G3588 ὕπνος G5258 αὐτῶν, G846 καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 κοιμῶνται· G2837 [17] οἵδε γὰρ G1063 σιτοῦνται σῖτα G4621 ἀσεβείας, G763 οἴνῳ G3631 δὲ G1161 παρανόμῳ μεθύσκονται. G3182 [18] Αἱ G3588 δὲ G1161 ὁδοὶ G3598 τῶν G3588 δικαίων G1342 ὁμοίως G3668 φωτὶ G5457 λάμπουσιν, G2989 προπορεύονται G4313 καὶ G2532 φωτίζουσιν, G5461 ἕως G2193 κατορθώσῃ ἡ G3588 ἡμέρα· G2250 [19] αἱ G3588 δὲ G1161 ὁδοὶ G3598 τῶν G3588 ἀσεβῶν G765 σκοτειναί, G4652 οὐκ G3756 οἴδασιν G1492 πῶς G4459 προσκόπτουσιν. G4350 [20] Υἱέ, G5207 ἐμῇ G1699 ῥήσει πρόσεχε, G4337 τοῖς G3588 δὲ G1161 ἐμοῖς G1699 λόγοις G3056 παράβαλε G3846 σὸν G4674 οὖς, G3775 [21] ὅπως G3704 μὴ G3361 ἐκλίπωσίν G1587 σε G4571 αἱ G3588 πηγαί G4077 σου, G4675 φύλασσε G5442 αὐτὰς G846 ἐν G1722 σῇ G4674 καρδίᾳ· G2588 [22] ζωὴ G2222 γάρ G1063 ἐστιν G2076 τοῖς G3588 εὑρίσκουσιν G2147 αὐτὰς G846 καὶ G2532 πάσῃ G3956 σαρκὶ G4561 ἴασις. G2392 [23] Πάσῃ G3956 φυλακῇ G5438 τήρει G5083 σὴν G4674 καρδίαν· G2588 ἐκ G1537 γὰρ G1063 τούτων G5130 ἔξοδοι G1841 ζωῆς. G2222 [24] Περίελε G4014 σεαυτοῦ G4572 σκολιὸν G4646 στόμα G4750 καὶ G2532 ἄδικα G94 χείλη G5491 μακρὰν G3112 ἀπὸ G575 σοῦ G4675 ἄπωσαι. G683 [25] Οἱ G3588 ὀφθαλμοί G3788 σου G4675 ὀρθὰ G3717 βλεπέτωσαν, G991 τὰ G3588 δὲ G1161 βλέφαρά σου G4675 νευέτω G3506 δίκαια. G1342 [26] Ὀρθὰς G3717 τροχιὰς G5163 ποίει G4160 σοῖς G4674 ποσὶν G4228 καὶ G2532 τὰς G3588 ὁδούς G3598 σου G4675 κατεύθυνε. G2720 [27] ‡Μὴ G3361 ἐκκλίνῃς G1578 εἰς G1519 τὰ G3588 δεξιὰ G1188 μηδὲ G3366 εἰς G1519 τὰ G3588 ἀριστερά, G710 ἀπόστρεψον G654 δὲ G1161 σὸν G4674 πόδα G4228 ἀπὸ G575 ὁδοῦ G3598 κακῆς· G2556 ὁδοὺς G3598 γὰρ G1063 τὰς G3588 ἐκ G1537 δεξιῶν G1188 οἶδεν G1492 ὁ G3588 θεός, G2316 διεστραμμέναι G1294 δέ G1161 εἰσιν G1526 αἱ G3588 ἐξ G1537 ἀριστερῶν· G710 αὐτὸς G846 δὲ G1161 ὀρθὰς G3717 ποιήσει G4160 τὰς G3588 τροχιάς G5163 σου, G4675 τὰς G3588 δὲ G1161 πορείας G4197 σου G4675 ἐν G1722 εἰρήνῃ G1515 προάξει. G4254
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament

Footnotes

  1. ‡ 4:27 Originally verses 4:27 and 4:27a–b.