Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
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1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
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Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
2 For I give you a good gift; forsake ye not my law.
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I give you sound learning, so do not forsake my teaching.
3 For I also was a son obedient to father, and loved in the sight of mother:
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For I too was a son to my father, still tender, and cherished by my mother.
4 who spoke and instructed me, , Let our speech be fixed in thine heart, keep commandments, forget them not:
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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 and do not neglect the speech of my mouth.
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Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn away from them.
6 And forsake it not, and it shall cleave to thee: love it, and it shall keep 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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The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding.
8 Secure it, and it shall exalt thee: honour it, that it may embrace thee;
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Cherish her, and she will exalt you; embrace her, and she will honor you.
9 that it may give unto thy head a crown of graces, and may cover thee with a crown of delight.
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She will give you a garland to grace your head and present you with a glorious crown.”
10 Hear, son, and receive my words; and the years of thy life shall be increased, that the resources of thy life may be many.
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Listen, my son, accept what I say, and the years of your life will be many.
11 For I teach thee the ways of wisdom; and I cause thee to go in right paths.
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I instruct you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths.
12 For when thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not be distressed.
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When you walk, your steps will not be hampered; when you run, you will not stumble.
13 Take hold of my instruction; let it not go, —but keep it for thyself for thy life.
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Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life.
14 Go not in the ways of the ungodly, neither covet the ways of transgressors.
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Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.
15 In whatever place they shall pitch their camp, go not thither; but turn from them, and pass away.
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Avoid it, do not travel on it; turn from it and go on your way.
16 For they cannot sleep, unless they have done evil: their sleep is taken away, and they rest not.
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For they cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.
17 For these live upon the bread of ungodliness, and are drunken with wine of transgression.
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They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
18 But the ways of the righteous shine like light; they go on and shine, until the day be fully come.
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The path of the righteous is like the morning sun, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.
19 But the ways of the ungodly are dark; they know not how they stumble.
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But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.
20 son, attend to my speech; and apply thine ear to my words:
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My son, pay attention to what I say; turn your ear to my words.
21 that thy fountains may not fail thee; keep them in heart.
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Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart;
22 For they are life to those that find them, and health to all flesh.
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for they are life to those who find them and health to one’s whole body.
23 Keep thine heart with the utmost care; for out of these are the issues of life.
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Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
24 Remove from thee a froward mouth, and put far away from thee unjust lips.
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Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids assent just .
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Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you.
26 Make straight paths for thy feet, and order thy ways aright.
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Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways.
27 Turn not aside to the right hand nor to the left, but turn away thy foot from an evil way: and he will make thy ways straight, and will guide thy steps in peace.
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Do not turn to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil.
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