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  4:1 ¶
Hear, [my] sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding: |
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4:1 ¶
Hear,ºº
ye children,º
the instructionº
of a father,º
and attendºº
to knowºº
understanding.º |
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4:2
For I give you good doctrine; Forsake ye not my law. |
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4:2
Forº
I giveºº
you goodº
doctrine,º
forsakeºº
ye notº
my law.º |
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4:3
For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. |
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4:3
Forº
I wasº
my father'sº
son,º
tenderº
and onlyº
[beloved] in the sightº
of my mother.º |
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4:4
And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live; |
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4:4
He taughtºº
me also, and saidºº
unto me, Let thine heartº
retainºº
my words:º
keepºº
my commandments,º
and live.ºº |
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4:5
Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth; |
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4:5
Getºº
wisdom,º
getºº
understanding:º
forgetºº
[it] not;º
neitherº
declineºº
from the wordsºº
of my mouth.º |
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4:6
Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee. |
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4:6
Forsakeºº
her not,º
and she shall preserveºº
thee: loveºº
her, and she shall keepºº
thee. |
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4:7
Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding. |
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4:7
Wisdomº
[is] the principal thing;º
[therefore] getºº
wisdom:º
and with allº
thy gettingº
getº
understanding.º |
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4:8
Exalt her, and she will promote thee; She will bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her. |
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4:8
Exaltºº
her, and she shall promoteºº
thee: she shall bring thee to honour,ºº
whenº
thou dost embraceºº
her. |
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4:9
She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; A crown of beauty will she deliver to thee. |
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4:9
She shall giveºº
to thine headº
an ornamentº
of grace:º
a crownº
of gloryº
shall she deliverºº
to thee. |
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4:10
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of thy life shall be many. |
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4:10
Hear,ºº
O my son,º
and receiveºº
my sayings;º
and the yearsº
of thy lifeº
shall be many.ºº |
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4:11
I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness. |
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4:11
I have taughtºº
thee in the wayº
of wisdom;º
I have ledºº
thee in rightº
paths.º |
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4:12
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; And if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. |
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4:12
When thou goest,ººº
thy stepsº
shall notº
be straitened;ºº
and whenº
thou runnest,ºº
thou shalt notº
stumble.ºº |
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4:13
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: Keep her; for she is thy life. |
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4:13
Take fast holdºº
of instruction;º
let [her] notº
go:ºº
keepºº
her; forº
sheº
[is] thy life.º |
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4:14 ¶
Enter not into the path of the wicked, And walk not in the way of evil men. |
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4:14 ¶
Enterºº
notº
into the pathº
of the wicked,º
and goºº
notº
in the wayº
of evilº
[men]. |
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4:15
Avoid it, pass not by it; Turn from it, and pass on. |
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4:15
Avoidºº
it, passºº
notº
by it, turnºº
fromºº
it, and pass away.ºº |
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4:16
For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. |
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4:16
Forº
they sleepºº
not,º
exceptºº
they have done mischief;ºº
and their sleepº
is taken away,ºº
unlessºº
they cause [some] to fall.ºººº |
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4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence. |
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4:17
Forº
they eatºº
the breadº
of wickedness,º
and drinkºº
the wineº
of violence.º |
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4:18
But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day. |
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4:18
But the pathº
of the justº
[is] as the shiningº
light,º
that shinethºº
moreºº
and moreº
untoº
the perfectºº
day.º |
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4:19
The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble. |
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4:19
The wayº
of the wickedº
[is] as darkness:º
they knowºº
notº
at whatº
they stumble.ºº |
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4:20 ¶
My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings. |
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4:20 ¶
My son,º
attendºº
to my words;º
inclineºº
thine earº
unto my sayings.º |
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4:21
Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart. |
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4:21
Let them notº
departºº
from thine eyes;ºº
keepºº
them in the midstº
of thine heart.º |
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4:22
For they are life unto those that find them, And health to all their flesh. |
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4:22
Forº
theyº
[are] lifeº
unto those that findºº
them, and healthº
to allº
their flesh.º |
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4:23 ¶
Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life. |
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4:23 ¶
Keepºº
thy heartº
with allºº
diligence;º
forº
out ofº
it [are] the issuesº
of life.º |
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4:24
Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee. |
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4:24
Put awayºº
fromº
thee a frowardº
mouth,º
and perverseº
lipsº
put farºº
fromº
thee. |
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4:25
Let thine eyes look right on, And let thine eyelids look straight before thee. |
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4:25
Let thine eyesº
lookºº
right on,º
and let thine eyelidsº
look straightºº
beforeº
thee. |
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4:26
Make level the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established. |
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4:26
Ponderºº
the pathº
of thy feet,º
and let allº
thy waysº
be established.ºº |
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4:27
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil. |
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4:27
Turnºº
notº
to the right handº
nor to the left:º
removeºº
thy footº
from evil.ºº |
