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Proverbs 4
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Chapter 4
On choosing wisdom
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Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention, and learn what clear perception is.
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What I am commending to you is sound doctrine: do not discard my teaching.
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I too was once a son with a father, in my mother’s eyes a tender child, unique.
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This was what he used to teach me, ‘Let your heart treasure what I have to say, keep my principles and you shall live;
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acquire wisdom, acquire perception, never forget her, never deviate from my words.
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Do not desert her, she will keep you safe, love her, she will watch over you.
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The beginning of wisdom? The acquisition of wisdom; at the cost of all you have, acquire perception.
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Hold her close, and she will make you great; embrace her, and she will be your pride;
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she will set a crown of grace on your head, present you with a glorious diadem.’
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Listen, my son, take my words to heart and the years of your life shall be multiplied.
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I have educated you in the ways of wisdom, I have guided you along the paths of honesty.
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As you walk, your going will be unhindered, as you run, you will not stumble.
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Hold fast to discipline, never let her go, keep your eyes on her, she is your life.
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Never set your foot on the path of the wicked, do not walk the way that the evil go.
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Avoid it, do not take it, turn your back on it, pass it by.
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For they cannot sleep unless they have first done wrong, they miss their sleep if they have not brought someone down;
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wickedness is the bread they eat, and violence the wine they drink.
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The path of the virtuous is like the light of dawn, its brightness growing to the fullness of day;
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the way of the wicked is as dark as night, they cannot tell what it is they stumble over.
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My son, pay attention to my words, listen carefully to the words I say;
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do not let them out of your sight, keep them deep in your heart.
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They are life to those who grasp them, health for the entire body.
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More than all else, keep watch over your heart, since here are the wellsprings of life.
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Turn your back on the mouth that misleads, keep your distance from lips that deceive.
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Let your eyes be fixed ahead, your gaze be straight before you.
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Let the path you tread be level and all your ways made firm.
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Turn neither to right nor to left, keep your foot clear of evil.-
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