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4:1  Hearken, ye sons, unto the chastening of the father, and pay attention that ye might know understanding.
4:2  For I give you good doctrine; do not forsake my law.
4:3  For I was my father’s son, tender and unique in the sight of my mother.
4:4  He taught me and said unto me, Sustain thine heart with my words; keep my commandments, and live.
4:5  Get wisdom, get understanding; forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
4:6  Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee; love her, and she shall keep thee.
4:7  Wisdom is the principal thing, therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
4:8  Grow in wisdom, and she shall promote thee; she shall bring thee to honour when thou hast embraced her.
4:9  She shall give to thine head an increase of grace; a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
4:10  Hear, O my son, and receive my words, and the years of thy life shall be multiplied.
4:11  I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have caused thee to walk in right paths.
4:12  When thou goest in these paths, thy steps shall not be hindered; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
4:13  Take fast hold of chastening; do not let go; keep this; for it is thy 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 do not sleep, unless they have done evil; 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 light of the morning star, that shines more and more until the day is perfect.
4:19  The way of the wicked is as darkness; they do not know in what they stumble.
4:20  My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my words.
4:21  Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
4:22  For they are life unto those that find them and medicine to all their flesh.
4:23  Above all else, guard thy heart; for out of it flows the issues of life.
4:24  Put away from thee the perversion of the mouth, and the deviation of the lips put far from thee.
4:25  Let thine eyes look upon that which is right, and let thine eyelids straighten thy path before thee.
4:26  Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
4:27  Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.