57 lines
2.2 KiB
Markdown
57 lines
2.2 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 4
|
||
1 Hear, my children, the instruction of a father,
|
||
And give attention to know understanding;
|
||
2 For I give you good doctrine:
|
||
Do not forsake my law.
|
||
3 When I was my father’s son,
|
||
Tender and the only one in the sight of my mother,
|
||
4 He also taught me, and said to me:
|
||
“Let your heart retain my words;
|
||
Keep my commands, and live.
|
||
5 Get wisdom! Get understanding!
|
||
Do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth.
|
||
6 Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you;
|
||
Love her, and she will keep you.
|
||
7 Wisdom is the principal thing;
|
||
Therefore get wisdom.
|
||
And in all your getting, get understanding.
|
||
8 Exalt her, and she will promote you;
|
||
She will bring you honor, when you embrace her.
|
||
9 She will place on your head an ornament of grace;
|
||
A crown of glory she will deliver to you.”
|
||
10 Hear, my son, and receive my sayings,
|
||
And the years of your life will be many.
|
||
11 I have taught you in the way of wisdom;
|
||
I have led you in right paths.
|
||
12 When you walk, your steps will not be hindered,
|
||
And when you run, you will not stumble.
|
||
13 Take firm hold of instruction, do not let go;
|
||
Keep her, for she is your life.
|
||
14 Do not enter the path of the wicked,
|
||
And do not walk in the way of evil.
|
||
15 Avoid it, do not travel on it;
|
||
Turn away from it and pass on.
|
||
16 For they do not sleep unless they have done evil;
|
||
And their sleep is taken away unless they make someone fall.
|
||
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness,
|
||
And drink the wine of violence.
|
||
18 But the path of the just is like the shining sun,
|
||
That shines ever brighter unto the perfect day.
|
||
19 The way of the wicked is like darkness;
|
||
They do not know what makes them stumble.
|
||
20 My son, give attention to my words;
|
||
Incline your ear to my sayings.
|
||
21 Do not let them depart from your eyes;
|
||
Keep them in the midst of your heart;
|
||
22 For they are life to those who find them,
|
||
And health to all their flesh.
|
||
23 Keep your heart with all diligence,
|
||
For out of it spring the issues of life.
|
||
24 Put away from you a deceitful mouth,
|
||
And put perverse lips far from you.
|
||
25 Let your eyes look straight ahead,
|
||
And your eyelids look right before you.
|
||
26 Ponder the path of your feet,
|
||
And let all your ways be established.
|
||
27 Do not turn to the right or the left;
|
||
Remove your foot from evil. |