New Living Translation NLT
New International Version NIV
1 Follow my advice, my son; always treasure my commands.
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My son, keep my words and store up my commands within you.
2 Obey my commands and live! Guard my instructions as you guard your own eyes.
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Keep my commands and you will live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
3 Tie them on your fingers as a reminder. Write them deep within your heart.
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Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 Love wisdom like a sister; make insight a beloved member of your family.
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Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and to insight, “You are my relative.”
5 Let them protect you from an affair with an immoral woman, from listening to the flattery of a promiscuous woman.
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They will keep you from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words.
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