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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.
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
[1] Hear,H8085(QalImpv) ye children,H1121 the instructionH4148 of a father,H1 and attendH7181(HiphImpv) to knowH3045(QalInf) understanding.H998 [2] For I giveH5414(QalPerf) you goodH2896 doctrine,H3948 forsakeH5800(QalImpf) ye not my law.H8451 [3] For I was my father’sH1 son,H1121 tenderH7390 and onlyH3173 [beloved] in the sightH6440 of my mother.H517 [4] He taughtH3384(HiphImpf) me also, and saidH559(QalImpf) unto me, Let thine heartH3820 retainH8551(QalImpf) my words:H1697 keepH8104(QalImpv) my commandments,H4687 and live.H2421(QalImpv) [5] GetH7069(QalImpv) wisdom,H2451 getH7069(QalImpv) understanding:H998 forgetH7911(QalImpf) [it] not; neither declineH5186(QalImpf) from the wordsH561 of my mouth.H6310 [6] ForsakeH5800(QalImpf) her not, and she shall preserveH8104(QalImpf) thee: loveH157(QalImpv) her, and she shall keepH5341(QalImpf) thee. [7] WisdomH2451 [is] the principal thing;H7225 [therefore] getH7069(QalImpv) wisdom:H2451 and with all thy gettingH7075 get understanding.H998 [8] ExaltH5549(PilpImpv) her, and she shall promoteH7311(PoleImpf) thee: she shall bring thee to honour,H3513(PielImpf) when thou dost embraceH2263(PielImpf) her. [9] She shall giveH5414(QalImpf) to thine headH7218 an ornamentH3880 of grace:H2580 a crownH5850 of gloryH8597 shall she deliverH4042(PielImpf) to thee. [10] Hear,H8085(QalImpv) O my son,H1121 and receiveH3947(QalImpv) my sayings;H561 and the yearsH8141 of thy lifeH2416 shall be many.H7235(QalImpf) [11] I have taughtH3384(HiphPerf) thee in the wayH1870 of wisdom;H2451 I have ledH1869(HiphPerf) thee in rightH3476 paths.H4570 [12] When thou goest,H3212(QalInf) thy stepsH6806 shall not be straitened;H3334(QalImpf) and when thou runnest,H7323(QalImpf) thou shalt not stumble.H3782(NiphImpf) [13] Take fast holdH2388(HiphImpv) of instruction;H4148 let [her] not go:H7503(HiphImpf) keepH5341(QalImpv) her; for she [is] thy life.H2416 [14] EnterH935(QalImpf) not into the pathH734 of the wicked,H7563 and goH833(PielImpf) not in the wayH1870 of evilH7451 [men]. [15] AvoidH6544(QalImpv) it, passH5674(QalImpf) not by it, turnH7847(QalImpv) from it, and pass away.H5674(QalImpv) [16] For they sleepH3462(QalImpf) not, except they have done mischief;H7489(HiphImpf) and their sleepH8142 is taken away,H1497(NiphPerf) unless they cause [some] to fall.H3782(HiphImpf/Qere) [17] For they eatH3898(QalPerf) the breadH3899 of wickedness,H7562 and drinkH8354(QalImpf) the wineH3196 of violence.H2555 [18] But the pathH734 of the justH6662 [is] as the shiningH5051 light,H216 that shinethH215(QalPerf) moreH1980(QalActPtc) and more unto the perfectH3559(NiphPtc) day.H3117 [19] The wayH1870 of the wickedH7563 [is] as darkness:H653 they knowH3045(QalPerf) not at what they stumble.H3782(NiphImpf) [20] My son,H1121 attendH7181(HiphImpv) to my words;H1697 inclineH5186(HiphImpv) thine earH241 unto my sayings.H561 [21] Let them not departH3868(HiphImpf) from thine eyes;H5869 keepH8104(QalImpv) them in the midstH8432 of thine heart.H3824 [22] For they [are] lifeH2416 unto those that findH4672(QalActPtc) them, and healthH4832 to all their flesh.H1320 [23] KeepH5341(QalImpv) thy heartH3820 with all diligence;H4929 for out of it [are] the issuesH8444 of life.H2416 [24] Put awayH5493(HiphImpv) from thee a frowardH6143 mouth,H6310 and perverseH3891 lipsH8193 put farH7368(HiphImpv) from thee. [25] Let thine eyesH5869 lookH5027(HiphImpf) right on,H5227 and let thine eyelidsH6079 look straightH3474(HiphImpf) before thee. [26] PonderH6424(PielImpv) the pathH4570 of thy feet,H7272 and let all thy waysH1870 be established.H3559(NiphImpf) [27] TurnH5186(QalImpf) not to the right handH3225 nor to the left:H8040 removeH5493(HiphImpv) thy footH7272 from evil.H7451
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