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¹ Hear, [my] sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:² For I give you good doctrine; Don't forsake my law.³ For I was a son to my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.⁴ And he taught me, and said to me: Let your heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live;⁵ Get wisdom, get understanding; Don't forget, neither decline from the words of my mouth;⁶ Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you; Love her, and she will keep you.⁷ Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom; Yes, with all your getting get understanding.⁸ Exalt her, and she will promote you; She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her.⁹ She will give to your head a chaplet of grace; A crown of beauty she will deliver to you.¹⁰ Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of your life shall be many.¹¹ I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in paths of uprightness.¹² When you go, your steps shall not be straitened; And if you run, you shall not stumble.¹³ Take fast hold of instruction; don't let her go: Keep her; for she is your life.

¹⁴ Don't enter into the path of the wicked, And don't walk in the way of evil men.¹⁵ Avoid it, don't pass by it; Turn from it, and pass on.¹⁶ For they don't sleep, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.¹⁸ But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shines more and more to the perfect day.¹⁹ The way of the wicked is as darkness: They don't know at what they stumble.

²⁰ My son, attend to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings.²¹ Don't let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart.²² For they are life to those that find them, And health to all their flesh.²³ Keep your heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.²⁴ Put away from you a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from you.²⁵ Let your eyes look right on, And let your eyelids look straight before you.²⁶ Make level the path of your feet, And let all your ways be established.²⁷ Don't turn to the right hand nor to the left: Remove your foot from evil.