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4:1  Hear, O children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
4:2  For I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching.
4:3  For I was my father’s son, tender and the only beloved in the sight of my mother.
4:4  He also taught me and said to me, “Let your heart retain my words; keep my commandments, and live.
4:5  Get wisdom! Get understanding! Do not forget it, nor turn away from the words of my mouth.
4:6  Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will keep you.
4:7  Wisdom is principal; therefore get wisdom. And with all your getting, get understanding.
4:8  Exalt her, and she will promote you; she will bring you honor, when you embrace her.
4:9  She will place on your head an ornament of grace; a crown of glory she will deliver to you.”
4:10  Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and the years of your life will be many.
4:11  I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in right paths.
4:12  When you walk, your steps will not be hindered, and when you run, you will not stumble.
4:13  Take firm hold of instruction, do not let her go; keep her, for she is your life.
4:14  Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not go in the way of evil men.
4:15  Avoid it, do not travel on it; turn from it and pass on.
4:16  For they do not sleep unless 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 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 do not know at what they stumble.
4:20  My son, attend to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
4:21  Do not let them depart from your eyes; keep them in the midst of your heart;
4:22  for they are life to those who find them, and health to all their body.
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 put perverse lips far from you.
4:25  Let your eyes look right on, 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  Do not turn to the right or to the left; remove your foot from evil.