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4:1  Hear, my sons, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding:
4:2  For I give you good doctrine; forsake ye not my law.
4:3  For I was a son unto my father, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
4:4  And he taught me, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain 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: yea, with all thou hast gotten get understanding.
4:8  Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
4:9  She shall give to thine head a chaplet of grace: a crown of beauty shall she deliver to thee.
4:10  Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
4:11  I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness.
4:12  When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
4:13  Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
4:14  Enter not into the path of the wicked, and walk not in the way of evil men.
4:15  Avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass on.
4:16  For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
4:17  For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
4:18  But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, that shineth 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 thine ear unto my sayings.
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 health to all their flesh.
4:23  Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
4:24  Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
4:25  Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
4:26  Make level 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.