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1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and be attentive to know understanding.
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1 Listen, my sons, to a father's instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
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2 For I give you good doctrine; forsake ye not my law.
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2 I give you sound learning, so do not forsake my teaching.
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3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
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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 He taught me also and said unto me, "Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments and 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, get understanding; forget it not, neither decline from the words of my mouth.
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5 Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or swerve from them.
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6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee; love her, and she shall keep thee.
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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 Wisdom is the principal thing, therefore get wisdom; and with all thy getting, get understanding.
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7 Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding.
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8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee; she shall bring thee honor when thou dost embrace her.
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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 shall give to thine head an ornament of grace; a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee."
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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 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings, and the years of thy life shall be many.
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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 thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
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11 I guide you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths.
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12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
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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 Hold fast to instruction, let her not go; keep her, for she is thy life.
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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 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men;
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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 avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it and pass away.
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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 For they sleep not unless they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away unless they cause some to fall.
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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 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
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17 They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
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18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
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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 way of the wicked is as darkness; they know not at what they stumble.
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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 son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
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20 My son, pay attention to what I say; listen closely to my words.
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21 Let them not depart from thine eyes, keep them in the midst of thine heart;
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21 Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart;
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22 for they are life unto those that find them and health to all their flesh.
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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 Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the outflowings of life.
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23 Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.
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24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
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24 Put away perversity from your mouth; keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
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25 Let thine eyes look right ahead, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
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25 Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly before you.
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26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
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26 Make level paths for your feet and take only ways that are firm.
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27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.
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27 Do not swerve to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil.
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| Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved. (Third Millennium 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) |
