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1 - Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.

2 - For good learning I have given to you, My law forsake not.

3 - For, a son I have been to my father--tender, And an only one before my mother.

4 - And he directeth me, and he saith to me: `Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live.

5 - Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth.

6 - Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee.

7 - The first thing <FI>is<Fi> wisdom--get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding.

8 - Exalt her, and she doth lift thee up, She honoureth thee, when thou dost embrace her.

9 - She giveth to thy head a wreath of grace, A crown of beauty she doth give thee freely.

10 - Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life <FI>are<Fi> multiplied to thee.

11 - In a way of wisdom I have directed thee, I have caused thee to tread in paths of uprightness.

12 - In thy walking thy step is not straitened, And if thou runnest, thou stumblest not.

13 - Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she <FI>is<Fi> thy life.

14 - Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers.

15 - Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on.

16 - For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not <FI>some<Fi> to stumble.

17 - For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink.

18 - And the path of the righteous <FI>is<Fi> as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established,

19 - The way of the wicked <FI>is<Fi> as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble.

20 - My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear,

21 - Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart.

22 - For life they <FI>are<Fi> to those finding them, And to all their flesh healing.

23 - Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it <FI>are<Fi> the outgoings of life.

24 - Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,

25 - Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee.

26 - Ponder thou the path of thy feet, And all thy ways <FI>are<Fi> established.

27 - Incline not <FI>to<Fi> the right or to the left, Turn aside thy foot from evil!