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Proverbs
Chapter 4
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Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
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2.
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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10.
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
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11.
I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
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12.
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
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13.
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
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14.
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
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15.
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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17.
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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20.
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
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21.
Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
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22.
For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
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23.
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
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24.
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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26.
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
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27.
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
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