41Hear, [my] sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:+2For I give you good doctrine; Forsake ye not my law.+3For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.+4And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live;+5Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;+6Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee.+7Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding.+8Exalt her, and she will promote thee; She will bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.+9She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; A crown of beauty will she deliver to thee.+10Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of thy life shall be many.+11I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness.+12When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; And if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.+13Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: Keep her; for she is thy life.+14Enter not into the path of the wicked, And walk not in the way of evil men.+15Avoid it, pass not by it; Turn from it, and pass on.+16For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.+17For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.+18But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.+19The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.+20My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings.+21Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart.+22For they are life unto those that find them, And health to all their flesh.+23Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.+24Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.+25Let thine eyes look right on, And let thine eyelids look straight before thee.+26Make level the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established.+27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil.+
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