Proverbs

Sons, hear the instruction of a father, and listen in order to know understanding.

For I give you good teaching; do not forsake my law.

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

He also taught me, and said to me, Let your heart hold fast my words, keep my commandments and live.

Get wisdom, get understanding; forget not; nor turn away from the words of my mouth.

Do not forsake her, and she shall keep you; love her, and she shall keep you.

Wisdom [is] the main thing; get wisdom; and with all your getting get understanding.

Prize her, and she shall lift you up; she shall bring you to honor when you embrace her.

She shall give to your hand an ornament of grace; she shall shield you with a crown of glory.

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of your life [shall be] many.

I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in the right paths.

When you go, your steps shall not be narrowed, and when you run, you shall not stumble.

Take fast hold of instruction; do not let go; keep her; for she [is] your life.

Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not into the way of evil.

Avoid it; do not pass by it; turn from it, and pass on!

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

For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

But the path of the just [is] as the shining light, that shines more and more to the perfect day.

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

My son, listen to my words; bow down your ear to my sayings.

Let them not depart from your eyes; keep them in the midst of your heart.

For they [are] life to those who find them, and health to all his flesh.

Keep your heart with all diligence; for out of it [are] the issues of life.

Let your eyes look right on, and let your eyelids look straight before you.

Ponder the path of your feet, and all your ways [will be] established.

Do not turn to the right hand nor to the left; remove your foot from evil.