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1. Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;
1. Hear H8085 , ye children H1121 , the instruction H4148 of a father H1 , and attend H7181 to know H3045 understanding H998 .
2. For I give you sound learning. Don't forsake my law.
2. For H3588 I give H5414 you good H2896 doctrine H3948 , forsake H5800 ye not H408 my law H8451 .
3. For I was a son to my father, Tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.
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 .
4. He taught me, and said to me: "Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.
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 .
5. Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth.
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 .
6. Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.
6. Forsake H5800 her not H408 , and she shall preserve H8104 thee: love H157 her , and she shall keep H5341 thee.
7. Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.
7. Wisdom H2451 is the principal thing H7225 ; therefore get H7069 wisdom H2451 : and with all H3605 thy getting H7075 get H7069 understanding H998 .
8. Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her.
8. Exalt H5549 her , and she shall promote H7311 thee : she shall bring thee to honor H3513 , when H3588 thou dost embrace H2263 her.
9. She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you."
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.
10. Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.
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 .
11. I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths.
11. I have taught H3384 thee in the way H1870 of wisdom H2451 ; I have led H1869 thee in right H3476 paths H4570 .
12. When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.
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 .
13. Take firm hold of instruction. Don't let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.
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 .
14. Don't enter into the path of the wicked. Don't walk in the way of evil men.
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 .
15. Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.
15. Avoid H6544 it, pass H5674 not H408 by it, turn H7847 from H4480 H5921 it , and pass away H5674 .
16. For they don't sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.
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 .
17. For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.
17. For H3588 they eat H3898 the bread H3899 of wickedness H7562 , and drink H8354 the wine H3196 of violence H2555 .
18. But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, That shines more and more until the perfect day.
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 .
19. The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over.
19. The way H1870 of the wicked H7563 is as darkness H653 : they know H3045 not H3808 at what H4100 they stumble H3782 .
20. My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.
20. My son H1121 , attend H7181 to my words H1697 ; incline H5186 thine ear H241 unto my sayings H561 .
21. Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart.
21. Let them not H408 depart H3868 from thine eyes H4480 H5869 ; keep H8104 them in the midst H8432 of thine heart H3824 .
22. For they are life to those who find them, And health to their whole body.
22. For H3588 they H1992 are life H2416 unto those that find H4672 them , and health H4832 to all H3605 their flesh H1320 .
23. Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it is the wellspring of life.
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 .
24. Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.
24. Put away H5493 from H4480 thee a froward H6143 mouth H6310 , and perverse H3891 lips H8193 put far H7368 from H4480 thee.
25. Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.
25. Let thine eyes H5869 look H5027 right on H5227 , and let thine eyelids H6079 look straight H3474 before H5048 thee.
26. Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.
26. Ponder H6424 the path H4570 of thy feet H7272 , and let all H3605 thy ways H1870 be established H3559 .
27. Don't turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.
27. Turn H5186 not H408 to the right hand H3225 nor to the left H8040 : remove H5493 thy foot H7272 from evil H4480 H7451 .