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1 Listen, sons, to the discipline of a father, and pay attention, so that you may know prudence. 2 I will bestow upon you a good gift. Do not relinquish my law. 3 For I, too, was the son of my father, tender and an only son in the sight of my mother. 4 And he taught me, and he also said: “Let your heart accept my words. Keep my precepts, and you shall live. 5 Obtain wisdom, obtain prudence. May you neither forget, nor turn away from, the words of my mouth. 6 Do not send her away, and she will guard you. Love her, and she will preserve you. 7 The beginning of wisdom is to obtain wisdom, and, with all that you possess, to acquire prudence. 8 Grasp her, and she will exalt you. You will be glorified by her, when you have embraced her. Proverbs 4:1-8, Catholic Public Domain Version. Public domain.
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