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Proverbs - ch 4 v 1 - 20
- Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;
- for I give you sound learning. Don't forsake my law.
- For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.
- He taught me, and said to me: "Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.
- Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth.
- Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.
- Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.
- Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her.
- She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you."
- Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.
- I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths.
- When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.
- Take firm hold of instruction. Don't let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.
- Don't enter into the path of the wicked. Don't walk in the way of evil men.
- Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.
- For they don't sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.
- For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
- But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.
- The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over.
- My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.
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