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1 My children, listen to what your father teaches you. Pay attention, and you will have understanding.
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1 Listen, my sons, to a father's instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
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2 What I am teaching you is good, so remember it all.
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2 I give you sound learning, so do not forsake my teaching.
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3 When I was only a little boy, my parents' only son,
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3 When I was a boy in my father's house, still tender, and an only child of my mother,
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4 my father would teach me. He would say, "Remember what I say and never forget it. Do as I tell you, and you will live.
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4 he taught me and said, "Lay hold of my words with all your heart; keep my commands and you will live.
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5 Get wisdom and insight! Do not forget or ignore what I say.
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5 Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or swerve from them.
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6 Do not abandon wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will keep you safe.
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6 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you.
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7 Getting wisdom is the most important thing you can do. Whatever else you get, get insight.
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7 Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding.
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8 Love wisdom, and she will make you great. Embrace her, and she will bring you honor.
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8 Esteem her, and she will exalt you; embrace her, and she will honor you.
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9 She will be your crowning glory."
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9 She will set a garland of grace on your head and present you with a crown of splendor."
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10 Listen to me, my child. Take seriously what I am telling you, and you will live a long life.
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10 Listen, my son, accept what I say, and the years of your life will be many.
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11 I have taught you wisdom and the right way to live.
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11 I guide you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths.
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12 Nothing will stand in your way if you walk wisely, and you will not stumble when you run.
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12 When you walk, your steps will not be hampered; when you run, you will not stumble.
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13 Always remember what you have learned. Your education is your life - guard it well.
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13 Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life.
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14 Do not go where evil people go. Do not follow the example of the wicked.
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14 Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evil men.
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15 Don't do it! Keep away from evil! Refuse it and go on your way.
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15 Avoid it, do not travel on it; turn from it and go on your way.
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16 Wicked people cannot sleep unless they have done something wrong. They lie awake unless they have hurt someone.
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16 For they cannot sleep till they do evil; they are robbed of slumber till they make someone fall.
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17 Wickedness and violence are like food and drink to them.
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17 They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
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18 The road the righteous travel is like the sunrise, getting brighter and brighter until daylight has come.
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18 The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.
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19 The road of the wicked, however, is dark as night. They fall, but cannot see what they have stumbled over.
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19 But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.
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20 My child, pay attention to what I say. Listen to my words.
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20 My son, pay attention to what I say; listen closely to my words.
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21 Never let them get away from you. Remember them and keep them in your heart.
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21 Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart;
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22 They will give life and health to anyone who understands them.
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22 for they are life to those who find them and health to a man's whole body.
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23 Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts.
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23 Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.
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24 Never say anything that isn't true. Have nothing to do with lies and misleading words.
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24 Put away perversity from your mouth; keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
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25 Look straight ahead with honest confidence; don't hang your head in shame.
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25 Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly before you.
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26 Plan carefully what you do, and whatever you do will turn out right.
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26 Make level paths for your feet and take only ways that are firm.
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27 Avoid evil and walk straight ahead. Don't go one step off the right way.
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27 Do not swerve to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil.
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| Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission. (The Good News Translation - The Holy Bible Online) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
