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