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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,°°
ye children,°
the instruction°
of a father,°
and attend°°
to know°°
understanding.° |
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4:2
For I give you good doctrine; Forsake ye not my law. |
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4:2
For°
I give°°
you good°
doctrine,°
forsake°°
ye not°
my law.° |
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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
For°
I was°
my father's°
son,°
tender°
and only°
[beloved] in the sight°
of my mother.° |
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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 taught°°
me also, and said°°
unto me, Let thine heart°
retain°°
my words:°
keep°°
my commandments,°
and live.°° |
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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
Get°°
wisdom,°
get°°
understanding:°
forget°°
[it] not;°
neither°
decline°°
from the words°°
of my mouth.° |
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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
Forsake°°
her not,°
and she shall preserve°°
thee: love°°
her, and she shall keep°°
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
Wisdom°
[is] the principal thing;°
[therefore] get°°
wisdom:°
and with all°
thy getting°
get°
understanding.° |
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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
Exalt°°
her, and she shall promote°°
thee: she shall bring thee to honour,°°
when°
thou dost embrace°°
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 give°°
to thine head°
an ornament°
of grace:°
a crown°
of glory°
shall she deliver°°
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,°°
O my son,°
and receive°°
my sayings;°
and the years°
of thy life°
shall be many.°° |
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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 taught°°
thee in the way°
of wisdom;°
I have led°°
thee in right°
paths.° |
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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,°°°
thy steps°
shall not°
be straitened;°°
and when°
thou runnest,°°
thou shalt not°
stumble.°° |
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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 hold°°
of instruction;°
let [her] not°
go:°°
keep°°
her; for°
she°
[is] thy life.° |
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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 ¶
Enter°°
not°
into the path°
of the wicked,°
and go°°
not°
in the way°
of evil°
[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
Avoid°°
it, pass°°
not°
by it, turn°°
from°°
it, and pass away.°° |
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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
For°
they sleep°°
not,°
except°°
they have done mischief;°°
and their sleep°
is taken away,°°
unless°°
they cause [some] to fall.°°°° |
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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
For°
they eat°°
the bread°
of wickedness,°
and drink°°
the wine°
of violence.° |
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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 path°
of the just°
[is] as the shining°
light,°
that shineth°°
more°°
and more°
unto°
the perfect°°
day.° |
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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 way°
of the wicked°
[is] as darkness:°
they know°°
not°
at what°
they stumble.°° |
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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,°
attend°°
to my words;°
incline°°
thine ear°
unto my sayings.° |
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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 not°
depart°°
from thine eyes;°°
keep°°
them in the midst°
of thine heart.° |
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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
For°
they°
[are] life°
unto those that find°°
them, and health°
to all°
their flesh.° |
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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 ¶
Keep°°
thy heart°
with all°°
diligence;°
for°
out of°
it [are] the issues°
of life.° |
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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 away°°
from°
thee a froward°
mouth,°
and perverse°
lips°
put far°°
from°
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 eyes°
look°°
right on,°
and let thine eyelids°
look straight°°
before°
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
Ponder°°
the path°
of thy feet,°
and let all°
thy ways°
be established.°° |
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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
Turn°°
not°
to the right hand°
nor to the left:°
remove°°
thy foot°
from evil.°° |
