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4:1  Listen, you sons, to a father’s discipline. Pay attention so that you will gain discernment,
4:2  because I have given you good instruction. Do not abandon my teaching.
4:3  When I was a son living with my father, a tender and only child with my mother,
4:4  he used to instruct me and say to me, “Cling to my words with all your heart. Obey my commands so that you may live.
4:5  Acquire wisdom. Acquire understanding. Do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
4:6  Do not abandon it, and it will watch over you. Love it and it will guard you.”
4:7  The beginning of wisdom is to obtain Wisdom. Give up everything you have, in order to gain Understanding.
4:8  Cherish her, and she will exalt you. She will honor you when you embrace her.
4:9  She will set a garland of grace on your head. She will present you with a beautiful crown.
4:10  Listen, my son, and accept my words, so that the years of your life will be many.
4:11  I have instructed you in the way of wisdom. I have led you along straight paths.
4:12  When you walk, your stride will not be hindered. Even if you run, you will not stumble.
4:13  Hold on to discipline. Do not let go. Guard it, because it is your life.
4:14  Do not travel on the path of the wicked. Do not walk in the way of evil people.
4:15  Avoid it! Do not travel on it! Turn away from it. Pass it by.
4:16  For they cannot sleep unless they have been doing wrong, and they are robbed of sleep unless they are making someone stumble,
4:17  because wickedness is the food they eat, and violence is the wine they drink.
4:18  But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until it is day.
4:19  The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness. They never know where they will stumble.
4:20  My son, pay attention to my words. Open your ears to what I say.
4:21  Do not let them escape from your sight. Keep them deep in your heart,
4:22  because they are life for those who find them and healing for the entire body.
4:23  Above all else, guard your heart carefully, because your life flows from it.
4:24  Turn your mouth away from perverted speech, and keep devious lips far away from you.
4:25  Let your eyes look straight ahead. Let your gaze be directly in front of you.
4:26  Make a level pathway for your feet, and all your ways will be secure.
4:27  Do not swerve to the right or the left. Turn your feet away from evil.