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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Listen, children, to your father's instruction, and pay attention in order to gain understanding. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2I give you sound teaching, so do not abandon my instruction. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3When I was a son to my father, not yet strong and an only son to my mother, |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4he taught me and told me, "Let your heart fully embrace what I have to say; keep my commandments and live! |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Get wisdom! Get understanding! Do not forget or turn aside from the words of my mouth! |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Do not abandon her, and she will protect you. Love her, and she will watch over you. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Wisdom is of utmost importance, therefore get wisdom, and with all your effort work to acquire understanding. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Prize her and she will exalt you. Indeed, if you embrace her, she will honor you. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9She will place on your head a graceful garland; she will present to you a crown of beauty." |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Listen, my son: accept my words, and you'll live a long, long time. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11I have directed you in the way of wisdom, and I have led you along straight paths. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12When you walk, your step will not be hindered, and when you run, you will not stumble. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Hold on to instruction, do not let it go! Guard wisdom, because she is your life! |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Do not enter the path of the wicked, or go along the way of evil men. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Avoid it! Don't travel on it! Turn away from it, and pass on by. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16For they cannot sleep unless they are doing evil, and they are robbed of their sleep unless they cause someone to stumble. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and they drink the wine of violence. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn that grows brighter until the full light of day. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness, and they do not know what they are stumbling over. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20My son, pay attention to my words, and listen closely to what I say. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Do not let them out of your sight; keep them within your heart. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22For they are life to those who find them, and healing to their whole body. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Above everything else guard your heart, because from it flow the springs of life. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24Never talk deceptively and don't keep company with people whose speech is corrupt. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25Let your eyes look directly ahead; fix your gaze straight in front of you. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26Carefully measure the paths for your feet, and all your ways will be established. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27Do not turn to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil. |
| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1 Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation
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