Proverbs:4

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* Sons , hear the instruction of a father , and listen in order to know understanding . * For I give you good teaching ; do not forsake my law . * For I was my father 's son , tender and only [beloved ] in the sight of my mother . * He also taught me , and said to me , Let your heart hold fast my words , keep my commandments and live . * Get wisdom , get understanding ; forget not ; nor turn away from the words of my mouth . * Do not forsake her , and she shall keep you ; love her , and she shall keep you . * Wisdom [is ] the main thing ; get wisdom ; and with all your getting get understanding . * Prize her , and she shall lift you up ; she shall bring you to honor when you embrace her . * She shall give to your hand an ornament of grace ; she shall shield you with a crown of glory . * Hear , O my son , and receive my sayings ; and the years of your life [shall be ] many . * I have taught you in the way of wisdom ; I have led you in the right paths . * When you go , your steps shall not be narrowed , and when you run , you shall not stumble . * Take fast hold of instruction ; do not let go ; keep her ; for she [is ] your life . * Enter not into the path of the wicked , and go not into the way of evil . * Avoid it ; do not pass by it ; turn from it , and pass on ! * For they do not sleep , except when they have done mischief ; and their sleep is taken away unless they cause [some ] to fall . * For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence . * But the path of the just [is ] as the shining light , that shines more and more to the perfect day . * The way of the wicked [is ] as darkness ; they know not at what they stumble . * My son , listen to my words ; bow down your ear to my sayings . * Let them not depart from your eyes ; keep them in the midst of your heart . * For they [are ] life to those who find them , and health to all his flesh . * Keep your heart with all diligence ; for out of it [are ] the issues of life . * Put away from you a wicked mouth , and devious lips put far from you . * Let your eyes look right on , and let your eyelids look straight before you . * Ponder the path of your feet , and all your ways [will be ] established . * Do not turn to the right hand nor to the left ; remove your foot from evil .

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