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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother, |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Prize her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9She will set a garland of grace on your head; she will present you with a crown of beauty.” |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11I will guide you in the way of wisdom; I will lead you on straight paths. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Do not lose sight of them; keep them within your heart. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26Make a level path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away from evil. |
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