^[1]  Hear, mysons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:

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^[2]  For I give you good doctrine; Forsake ye not my law.

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^[3]  For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

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^[4]  And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live;

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^[5]  Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;

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^[6]  Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee.

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^[7]  Wisdomisthe principal thing; therefore get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding.

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^[8]  Exalt her, and she will promote thee; She will bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.

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^[9]  She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; A crown of beauty will she deliver to thee.

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^[10]  Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of thy life shall be many.

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^[11]  I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness.

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^[12]  When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; And if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

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^[13]  Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: Keep her; for she is thy life.

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^[14]  Enter not into the path of the wicked, And walk not in the way of evil men.

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^[15]  Avoid it, pass not by it; Turn from it, and pass on.

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^[16]  For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

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^[17]  For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.

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^[18]  But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

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^[19]  The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.

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^[20]  My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings.

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^[21]  Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart.

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^[22]  For they are life unto those that find them, And health to all their flesh.

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^[23]  Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.

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^[24]  Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.

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^[25]  Let thine eyes look right on, And let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

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^[26]  Make level the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established.

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^[27]  Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil.

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