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4:1  Hear, you children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
4:2  For I give you good doctrine, forsake not my law.
4:3  For I was my father's son, tender and the only one in the sight of my mother.
4:4  He taught me also, and said unto me, Let your heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
4:5  Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither turn away from the words of my mouth.
4:6  Forsake her not, and she shall preserve you: love her, and she shall keep you.
4:7  Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all your getting get understanding.
4:8  Exalt her, and she shall promote you: she shall bring you to honor, when you do embrace her.
4:9  She shall give to your head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to you.
4:10  Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of your life shall be many.
4:11  I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in right paths.
4:12  When you go, your steps shall not be hindered; and when you run, you shall not stumble.
4:13  Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is your life.
4:14  Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
4:15  Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
4:16  For they sleep not, unless they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause someone to fall.
4:17  For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
4:18  But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day.
4:19  The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
4:20  My son, attend to my words; incline your ear unto my sayings.
4:21  Let them not depart from your eyes; keep them in the midst of your heart.
4:22  For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
4:23  Keep your heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
4:24  Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and perverse lips put far from you.
4:25  Let your eyes look directly forward, and let your eyelids look straight before you.
4:26  Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established.
4:27  Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove your foot from evil.