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Hear,H8085 you children,H1121 the instructionH4148 of a father,H1 and attendH7181 to knowH3045 understanding.H998
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For I giveH5414 you goodH2896 doctrine,H3948 forsakeH5800 you not my law.H8451
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For I was my father'sH1 son,H1121 tender and onlyH3173 beloved in the sightH6440 of my mother.H517
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He taughtH3384 me also, and saidH559 to me, Let your heartH3820 retainH8551 my words:H1697 keepH8104 my commandments,H4687 and live.H2421
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GetH7069 wisdom,H2451 getH7069 understanding:H998 forgetH7911 it not; neitherH408 declineH5186 from the wordsH561 of my mouth.H6310
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ForsakeH5800 her not, and she shall preserveH8104 you: loveH157 her, and she shall keepH5341 you.
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WisdomH2451 is the principalH7225 thing; therefore getH7069 wisdom:H2451 and with allH3605 your gettingH7069 getH7069 understanding.H998
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ExaltH5549 her, and she shall promoteH7311 you: she shall bringH3513 you to honor,H3513 whenH3588 you do embraceH2263 her.
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She shall giveH5414 to your headH7218 an ornamentH3880 of grace:H2580 a crownH5850 of gloryH8597 shall she deliverH4042 to you.
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Hear,H8085 O my son,H1121 and receiveH3947 my sayings;H561 and the yearsH8141 of your lifeH2416 shall be many.H7235
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I have taughtH3384 you in the wayH1870 of wisdom;H2451 I have ledH1869 you in rightH3476 paths.H4570
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When you go,H3212 your stepsH6806 shall not be straitened;H3334 and whenH518 you run,H7323 you shall not stumble.H3782
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TakeH2388 fast holdH2388 of instruction;H4148 let her not go:H7503 keepH5341 her; for she is your life.H2416
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EnterH935 not into the pathH734 of the wicked,H7563 and goH833 not in the wayH1870 of evilH7451 men.
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AvoidH6544 it, passH5674 not by it, turnH7847 from it, and passH5674 away.
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For they sleepH3462 not, exceptH3808 they have done mischief;H7489 and their sleepH8142 is takenH1497 away,H1497 unlessH518 H3808 they cause some to fall.H3782
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For they eatH3898 the breadH3899 of wickedness,H7562 and drinkH8354 the wineH3196 of violence.H2555
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But the pathH734 of the justH6662 is as the shiningH5051 light,H216 that shinesH215 moreH1980 and moreH1980 to the perfectH3559 day.H3117
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The wayH1870 of the wickedH7563 is as darkness:H653 they knowH3045 not at whatH4100 they stumble.H3782
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My son,H1121 attendH7181 to my words;H1697 inclineH5186 your earH241 to my sayings.H561
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Let them not departH3868 from your eyes;H5869 keepH8104 them in the middleH8432 of your heart.H3824
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For they are lifeH2416 to those that findH4672 them, and healthH4832 to allH3605 their flesh.H1320
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KeepH5341 your heartH3820 with allH3605 diligence;H4929 for out of it are the issuesH8444 of life.H2416
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PutH5493 awayH5493 from you a fraudulentH6143 mouth,H6310 and perverseH3891 lipsH8193 putH7368 farH7368 from you.
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Let your eyesH5869 lookH5027 rightH5227 on, and let your eyelidsH6079 look straightH3474 beforeH5048 you.
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PonderH6424 the pathH4570 of your feet,H7272 and let allH3605 your waysH1870 be established.H3559
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TurnH5186 not to the rightH3225 handH3227 nor to the left:H8040 removeH5493 your footH7272 from evil.H7451
