  THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON
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  4:1  Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to 
       know understanding.

  4:2  For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

  4:3  For I was my father's son, tender and only [beloved] in the sight 
       of my mother.

  4:4  He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my 
       words: keep my commandments, and live.

  4:5  Get wisdom, get understanding: forget [it] not; neither decline 
       from the words of my mouth.

  4:6  Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she 
       shall keep thee.

  4:7  Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom: and with 
       all thy getting get understanding.

  4:8  Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to 
       honour, when thou dost embrace her.

  4:9  She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of 
       glory shall she deliver to thee.

  4:10  Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy 
        life shall be many.

  4:11  I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in 
        right paths.

  4:12  When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou 
        runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

  4:13  Take fast hold of instruction; let [her] not go: keep her; for 
        she [is] thy life.

  4:14  Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of 
        evil [men].

  4:15  Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

  4:16  For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their 
        sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.

  4:17  For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of 
        violence.

  4:18  But the path of the just [is] as the shining light, that shineth 
        more and more unto the perfect day.

  4:19  The way of the wicked [is] as darkness: they know not at what 
        they stumble.

  4:20  My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

  4:21  Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of 
        thine heart.

  4:22  For they [are] life unto those that find them, and health to all 
        their flesh.

  4:23  Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it [are] the 
        issues of life.

  4:24  Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far 
        from thee.

  4:25  Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look 
        straight before thee.

  4:26  Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

  4:27  Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot 
        from evil.




