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1. Listen, my sons, to a father's discipline, and pay attention so that you may gain understanding,
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1. Hear H8085 , ye children H1121 , the instruction H4148 of a father H1 , and attend H7181 to know H3045 understanding H998 .
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2. for I am giving you good instruction. Don't abandon my teaching.
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2. For H3588 I give H5414 you good H2896 doctrine H3948 , forsake H5800 ye not H408 my law H8451 .
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3. When I was a son with my father, tender and precious to my mother,
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3. For H3588 I was H1961 my father H1 's son H1121 , tender H7390 and only H3173 beloved in the sight H6440 of my mother H517 .
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4. he taught me and said: "Your heart must hold on to my words. Keep my commands and live.
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4. He taught H3384 me also , and said H559 unto me , Let thine heart H3820 retain H8551 my words H1697 : keep H8104 my commandments H4687 , and live H2421 .
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5. Get wisdom, get understanding; don't forget or turn away from the words of my mouth.
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5. Get H7069 wisdom H2451 , get H7069 understanding H998 : forget H7911 it not H408 ; neither H408 decline H5186 from the words H4480 H561 of my mouth H6310 .
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6. Don't abandon wisdom, and she will watch over you; love her, and she will guard you.
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6. Forsake H5800 her not H408 , and she shall preserve H8104 thee: love H157 her , and she shall keep H5341 thee.
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7. Wisdom is supreme-- so get wisdom. And whatever else you get, get understanding.
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7. Wisdom H2451 is the principal thing H7225 ; therefore get H7069 wisdom H2451 : and with all H3605 thy getting H7075 get H7069 understanding H998 .
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8. Cherish her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you.
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8. Exalt H5549 her , and she shall promote H7311 thee : she shall bring thee to honor H3513 , when H3588 thou dost embrace H2263 her.
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9. She will place a garland of grace on your head; she will give you a crown of beauty."
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9. She shall give H5414 to thine head H7218 an ornament H3880 of grace H2580 : a crown H5850 of glory H8597 shall she deliver H4042 to thee.
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10. Listen, my son. Accept my words, and you will live many years.
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10. Hear H8085 , O my son H1121 , and receive H3947 my sayings H561 ; and the years H8141 of thy life H2416 shall be many H7235 .
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11. I am teaching you the way of wisdom; I am guiding you on straight paths.
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11. I have taught H3384 thee in the way H1870 of wisdom H2451 ; I have led H1869 thee in right H3476 paths H4570 .
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12. When you walk, your steps will not be hindered; when you run, you will not stumble.
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12. When thou goest H1980 , thy steps H6806 shall not H3808 be straitened H3334 ; and when H518 thou runnest H7323 , thou shalt not H3808 stumble H3782 .
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13. Hold on to instruction; don't let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
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13. Take fast hold H2388 of instruction H4148 ; let her not H408 go H7503 : keep H5341 her; for H3588 she H1931 is thy life H2416 .
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14. Don't set foot on the path of the wicked; don't proceed in the way of evil ones.
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14. Enter H935 not H408 into the path H734 of the wicked H7563 , and go H833 not H408 in the way H1870 of evil H7451 men .
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15. Avoid it; don't travel on it. Turn away from it, and pass it by.
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15. Avoid H6544 it, pass H5674 not H408 by it, turn H7847 from H4480 H5921 it , and pass away H5674 .
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16. For they can't sleep unless they have done what is evil; they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.
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16. For H3588 they sleep H3462 not H3808 , except H518 H3808 they have done mischief H7489 ; and their sleep H8142 is taken away H1497 , unless H518 H3808 they cause some to fall H3782 .
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17. They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
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17. For H3588 they eat H3898 the bread H3899 of wickedness H7562 , and drink H8354 the wine H3196 of violence H2555 .
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18. The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
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18. But the path H734 of the just H6662 is as the shining H5051 light H216 , that shineth H215 more and more H1980 unto H5704 the perfect H3559 day H3117 .
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19. But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they don't know what makes them stumble.
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19. The way H1870 of the wicked H7563 is as darkness H653 : they know H3045 not H3808 at what H4100 they stumble H3782 .
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20. My son, pay attention to my words; listen closely to my sayings.
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20. My son H1121 , attend H7181 to my words H1697 ; incline H5186 thine ear H241 unto my sayings H561 .
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21. Don't lose sight of them; keep them within your heart.
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21. Let them not H408 depart H3868 from thine eyes H4480 H5869 ; keep H8104 them in the midst H8432 of thine heart H3824 .
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22. For they are life to those who find them, and health to one's whole body.
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22. For H3588 they H1992 are life H2416 unto those that find H4672 them , and health H4832 to all H3605 their flesh H1320 .
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23. Guard your heart above all else, for it is the source of life.
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23. Keep H5341 thy heart H3820 with all H4480 H3605 diligence H4929 ; for H3588 out of H4480 it are the issues H8444 of life H2416 .
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24. Don't let your mouth speak dishonestly, and don't let your lips talk deviously.
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24. Put away H5493 from H4480 thee a froward H6143 mouth H6310 , and perverse H3891 lips H8193 put far H7368 from H4480 thee.
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25. Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.
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25. Let thine eyes H5869 look H5027 right on H5227 , and let thine eyelids H6079 look straight H3474 before H5048 thee.
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26. Carefully consider the path for your feet, and all your ways will be established.
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26. Ponder H6424 the path H4570 of thy feet H7272 , and let all H3605 thy ways H1870 be established H3559 .
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27. Don't turn to the right or to the left; keep your feet away from evil.
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27. Turn H5186 not H408 to the right hand H3225 nor to the left H8040 : remove H5493 thy foot H7272 from evil H4480 H7451 .
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