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Proverbs 4:1-11
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Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
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For I give you a good gift; forsake ye not my law.
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For I also was a son obedient to father, and loved in the sight of mother:
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who spoke and instructed me, , Let our speech be fixed in thine heart, keep commandments, forget them not:
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and do not neglect the speech of my mouth.
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And forsake it not, and it shall cleave to thee: love it, and it shall keep thee.
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Secure it, and it shall exalt thee: honour it, that it may embrace thee;
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that it may give unto thy head a crown of graces, and may cover thee with a crown of delight.
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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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For I teach thee the ways of wisdom; and I cause thee to go in right paths.
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[a].
See Appendix - Alexandrian codex has: “Get wisdom, get understanding, forget not, nor decline from the words of my mouth.”
[b].
Lit. dig a trench about her, see Heb.
[c].
Gr. wheel-tracks, see chap 2. 18. Heb 12. 13.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.