Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE
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1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend, that you may know prudence.
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Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
2 I will give you a good gift, forsake not my law.
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I give you sound learning, so do not forsake my teaching.
3 For I also was my father’s son, tender, and as an only son in the sight of my mother:
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For I too was a son to my father, still tender, and cherished by my mother.
4 And he taught me, and said: Let thy heart receive my words, keep my commandments, and thou shalt live.
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Then he taught me, and he said to me, “Take hold of my words with all your heart; keep my commands, and you will live.
5 Get wisdom, get prudence: forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth.
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Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn away from them.
6 Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee: love her, and she shall preserve thee.
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Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you.
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