- 1. Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.
- 2. For good learning I have given to you, My law forsake not.
- 3. For, a son I have been to my father -- tender, And an only one before my mother.
- 4. And he directeth me, and he saith to me: `Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live.
- 5. Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth.
- 6. Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee.
- 7. The first thing `is' wisdom -- get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding.
- 8. Exalt her, and she doth lift thee up, She honoureth thee, when thou dost embrace her.
- 9. She giveth to thy head a wreath of grace, A crown of beauty she doth give thee freely.
- 10. Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life `are' multiplied to thee.
- 11. In a way of wisdom I have directed thee, I have caused thee to tread in paths of uprightness.
- 12. In thy walking thy step is not straitened, And if thou runnest, thou stumblest not.
- 13. Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she `is' thy life.
- 14. Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers.
- 15. Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on.
- 16. For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not `some' to stumble.
- 17. For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink.
- 18. And the path of the righteous `is' as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established,
- 19. The way of the wicked `is' as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble.
- 20. My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear,
- 21. Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart.
- 22. For life they `are' to those finding them, And to all their flesh healing.
- 23. Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it `are' the outgoings of life.
- 24. Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,
- 25. Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee.
- 26. Ponder thou the path of thy feet, And all thy ways `are' established.
- 27. Incline not `to' the right or to the left, Turn aside thy foot from evil!
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