Proverbs:4:1-27
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Hear ,
ye children ,
the instruction of a father ,
and attend to know understanding .
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For I give you good doctrine ,
forsake ye not my law .
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For I was my father '
s son ,
tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother .
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He taught me also ,
and said unto me ,
Let thine heart retain my words :
keep my commandments ,
and live .
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Get wisdom ,
get understanding :
forget it not ;
neither decline from the words of my mouth .
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Forsake her not ,
and she shall preserve thee :
love her ,
and she shall keep thee .
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Wisdom is the principal thing ;
therefore get wisdom :
and with all thy getting get understanding .
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Exalt her ,
and she shall promote thee :
she shall bring thee to honour ,
when thou dost embrace her .
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She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace :
a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee .
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Hear ,
O my son ,
and receive my sayings ;
and the years of thy life shall be many .
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I have taught thee in the way of wisdom ;
I have led thee in right paths .
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When thou goest ,
thy steps shall not be straitened ;
and when thou runnest ,
thou shalt not stumble .
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Take fast hold of instruction ;
let her not go :
keep her ;
for she is thy life .
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Enter not into the path of the wicked ,
and go not in the way of evil men .
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Avoid it ,
pass not by it ,
turn from it ,
and pass away .
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For they sleep not ,
except they have done mischief ;
and their sleep is taken away ,
unless they cause some to fall .
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For they eat the bread of wickedness ,
and drink the wine of violence .
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But the path of the just is as the shining light ,
that shineth more and more unto the perfect day .
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The way of the wicked is as darkness :
they know not at what they stumble .
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My son ,
attend to my words ;
incline thine ear unto my sayings .
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Let them not depart from thine eyes ;
keep them in the midst of thine heart .
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For they are life unto those that find them ,
and health to all their flesh .
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Keep thy heart with all diligence ;
for out of it are the issues of life .
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Put away from thee a froward mouth ,
and perverse lips put far from thee .
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Let thine eyes look right on ,
and let thine eyelids look straight before thee .
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Ponder the path of thy feet ,
and let all thy ways be established .
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Turn not to the right hand nor to the left :
remove thy foot from evil .