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¹ HEAR, O my children, the instruction of a father, and give ear to knowledge and understanding.² Because I give you good doctrine, do not forsake my law.³ For I was also a son to my father, tender and the only begotten in the sight of my mother.⁴ He taught me, and said to me, Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live; and let my law be as the pupil of the eye.⁵ Get wisdom, get understanding; and turn not aside from the words of my mouth.⁶ Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will save you.⁷ Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; and with all your substance get understanding.⁸ Love her, and she shall exalt you; embrace her, and she shall honor you.⁹ She shall put upon your head an ornament of grace; a crown of glory shall she bestow upon you.¹⁰ Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of your life shall be many.¹¹ I have taught you the ways of wisdom; I have led you in right paths.¹² When you walk, your steps will not be unsteady; and when you run, you will not stumble.¹³ Take fast hold of my instruction, and do not forsake her; keep her, for she is your life.

¹⁴ Do not walk in the way of evil men, and do not envy the way of the wicked.¹⁵ The place where they dwell, do not pass by it, turn away from it,¹⁶ For they do not sleep until they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away until their evil devices are carried out.¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.¹⁸ But the path of the righteous is like the shining light that shines more and more unto the perfect day.¹⁹ The way of the wicked is like darkness; they do not know at what they stumble.

²⁰ My son, attend to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.²¹ Do not let them depart from your eyes; but keep them in the midst of your heart.²² For they are life to him who finds them, and health to all his flesh.²³ Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life.²⁴ Put away from you a perverse mouth, and the counsel of deceit put far from your lips.²⁵ Let your eyes look straight forward, and let your eyelids look straight before you.²⁶ Keep your feet away from evil paths; then all your ways shall be firm.²⁷ Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; but remove your foot from evil.