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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Listen, sons, to a father's discipline, and pay attention so that you may gain understanding, |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2for I am giving you good instruction. Don't abandon my teaching. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3When I was a son with my father, tender and precious to my mother, |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4he taught me and said: "Your heart must hold on to my words. Keep my commands and live. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Get wisdom, get understanding; don't forget or turn away from the words from my mouth. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Don't abandon wisdom, and she will watch over you; love her, and she will guard you. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Wisdom is supreme--so get wisdom. And whatever else you get, get understanding. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Cherish her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9She will place a garland of favor on your head; she will give you a crown of beauty." |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Listen, my son. Accept my words, and you will live many years. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11I am teaching you the way of wisdom; I am guiding you on straight paths. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12When you walk, your steps will not be hindered; when you run, you will not stumble. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Hold on to instruction; don't let go. Guard it, for it is your life. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Keep off the path of the wicked; don't proceed on the way of evil ones. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Avoid it; don't travel on it. Turn away from it, and pass it by. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16For they can't sleep unless they have done what is evil; they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17They 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 light 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 don't know what makes them stumble. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20My son, pay attention to my words; listen closely to my sayings. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Don't 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 one's whole body. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Guard your heart above all else, for it is the source of life. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24Don't let your mouth speak dishonestly, and don't let your lips talk deviously. |
| 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] | 26Carefully consider the path for your feet, and all your ways will be established. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27Don't turn to the right or to the left; keep your feet away from evil. |
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