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| 4:1 | Heare, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know vnderstanding. |
| 4:2 | For I giue you good doctrine: forsake you not my law. |
| 4:3 | For I was my fathers sonne, tender and onely beloued in the sight of my mother. |
| 4:4 | He taught me also, and said vnto me, Let thine heart reteine my wordes: keepe my commandements, and liue. |
| 4:5 | Get wisedome, get vnderstanding: forget it not, neither decline from the wordes of my mouth. |
| 4:6 | Forsake her not, and she shall preserue thee: loue her, and she shall keepe thee. |
| 4:7 | Wisedome is the principall thing, therefore get wisedome: and with all thy getting, get vnderstanding. |
| 4:8 | Exalt her, and shee shall promote thee: shee shall bring thee to honour, when thou doest imbrace her. |
| 4:9 | She shall giue to thine head an ornament of grace, a crowne of glory shall she deliuer to thee. |
| 4:10 | Heare, O my sonne, and receiue my sayings: and the yeeres of thy life shalbe many. |
| 4:11 | I haue taught thee in the way of wisedome: I haue lead thee in right pathes. |
| 4:12 | When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitned, and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. |
| 4:13 | Take fast hold of instruction, let her not goe; keepe her, for she is thy life. |
| 4:14 | Enter not into the path of the wicked, and goe not in the way of euill men. |
| 4:15 | Auoid it, passe not by it, turne from it, and passe away. |
| 4:16 | For they sleepe not except they haue done mischiefe: and their sleepe is taken away vnlesse they cause some to fall. |
| 4:17 | For they eate the bread of wickednesse, and drinke the wine of violence. |
| 4:18 | But the path of the iust is as the shining light that shineth more and more vnto the perfect day. |
| 4:19 | The way of the wicked is as darknes: they know not at what they stumble. |
| 4:20 | My sonne, attend to my words, incline thine eare vnto my sayings. |
| 4:21 | Let them not depart from thine eyes: keepe them in the midst of thine heart. |
| 4:22 | For they are life vnto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. |
| 4:23 | Keepe thy heart with all diligence: for out of it are the issues of life. |
| 4:24 | Put away from thee a froward mouth, and peruerse lips put farre from thee. |
| 4:25 | Let thine eyes looke right on, and let thine eye lids looke straight before thee. |
| 4:26 | Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy wayes be established. |
| 4:27 | Turne not to the right hande nor to the left: remoue thy foot fro euil. |
| 4:1 | Heare O ye chyldren a fatherly instruction, & take good heede, that ye may learne vnderstanding |
| 4:2 | For I haue geuen you a good doctrine, forsake not ye my lawe |
| 4:3 | For when I my selfe was my fathers deare sonne, and tenderly beloued of my mother |
| 4:4 | He taught me also and sayde vnto me, let thyne heart receaue my wordes, kepe my commaundementes and thou shalt liue |
| 4:5 | Get thee wysdome, and get thee vnderstanding: forget not the wordes of my mouth, and shrinke not from them |
| 4:6 | Forsake her not, and she shall preserue thee, loue her, and she shall kepe thee |
| 4:7 | The chiefe poynt of wysdome, is to possesse wysdome: and before all thy goodes to get thee vnderstanding |
| 4:8 | Make much of her, and she shall promote thee, yea if thou embrace her, she shall bryng thee vnto honour |
| 4:9 | She shal beautifie thy head with manyfolde graces, and garnishe thee with a crowne of glory |
| 4:10 | Heare my sonne, and receaue my wordes, and the yeres of thy life shalbe many |
| 4:11 | I haue shewed thee the way of wysdome, & led thee into the right pathes |
| 4:12 | So that if thou goest in them, there shall no straitnesse hinder thee: & when thou runnest, thou shalt not fall |
| 4:13 | Take fast holde of doctrine, and let her not go: kepe her, for she is thy life |
| 4:14 | Come not in the pathe of the vngodlye, and walke not in the way of the wicked |
| 4:15 | Abhorre it and go not therein, depart aside, and passe ouer by it |
| 4:16 | For they sleepe not except they haue done mischiefe: and sleepe is taken from them, vntyll they haue done harme |
| 4:17 | For they eate the bread of wickednes, and drinke the wine of robberie |
| 4:18 | The path of the righteous shineth, as the light that is euer bryghter and bryghter vnto the perfect day |
| 4:19 | But the way of the vngodly is as the darkenesse, they knowe not where they fall |
| 4:20 | My sonne marke my wordes, and encline thyne eare vnto my sayinges |
| 4:21 | Let them not depart from thine eyes, but kepe them euen in the middest of thyne heart |
| 4:22 | For they are life vnto those that finde them, and health vnto all their bodyes |
| 4:23 | Kepe thyne heart with all diligence, for out of it issueth lyfe |
| 4:24 | Put away from thee a frowarde mouth, and let the lippes of slaunder be farre from thee |
| 4:25 | Let thyne eyes beholde that thyng that is right, and let thyne eye liddes loke straight before thee |
| 4:26 | Ponder the path of thy feete, and let all thy wayes be ordred aright |
| 4:27 | Turne not aside, neither to the right hande nor to the left: but wihholde thy foote from euyll |
| 4:1 | Heare, O ye children, the instruction of a father, and giue eare to learne vnderstanding. |
| 4:2 | For I doe giue you a good doctrine: therefore forsake yee not my lawe. |
| 4:3 | For I was my fathers sonne, tender and deare in the sight of my mother, |
| 4:4 | When he taught me, and sayde vnto me, Let thine heart holde fast my woordes: keepe my commandements, and thou shalt liue. |
| 4:5 | Get wisedom: get vnderstading: forget not, neither decline from the woordes of my mouth. |
| 4:6 | Forsake her not, and shee shall keepe thee: loue her and shee shall preserue thee. |
| 4:7 | Wisedome is the beginning: get wisedome therefore: and aboue all thy possession get vnderstanding. |
| 4:8 | Exalt her, and she shall exalt thee: she shall bring thee to honour, if thou embrace her. |
| 4:9 | She shall giue a comely ornamet vnto thine head, yea, she shall giue thee a crowne of glorie. |
| 4:10 | Heare, my sonne, and receiue my wordes, and the yeeres of thy life shalbe many. |
| 4:11 | I haue taught thee in ye way of wisedom, and led thee in the pathes of righteousnesse. |
| 4:12 | Whe thou goest, thy gate shall not be strait, and when thou runnest, thou shalt not fall. |
| 4:13 | Take holde of instruction, and leaue not: keepe her, for shee is thy life. |
| 4:14 | Enter not into the way of the wicked, and walke not in the way of euill men. |
| 4:15 | Auoide it, and goe not by it: turne from it, and passe by. |
| 4:16 | For they can not sleepe, except they haue done euill, and their sleepe departeth except they cause some to fall. |
| 4:17 | For they eate the breade of wickednesse, and drinke the wine of violence. |
| 4:18 | But the way of the righteous shineth as the light, that shineth more and more vnto the perfite day. |
| 4:19 | The way of the wicked is as the darkenes: they knowe not wherein they shall fall. |
| 4:20 | My sonne, hearken vnto my wordes, incline thine eare vnto my sayings. |
| 4:21 | Let them not depart from thine eyes, but keepe them in the middes of thine heart. |
| 4:22 | For they are life vnto those that find them, and health vnto all their flesh. |
| 4:23 | Keepe thine heart with all diligence: for thereout commeth life. |
| 4:24 | Put away from thee a froward mouth, and put wicked lippes farre from thee. |
| 4:25 | Let thine eyes beholde the right, and let thine eyelids direct thy way before thee. |
| 4:26 | Ponder the path of thy feete, and let all thy waies be ordred aright. |
| 4:27 | Turne not to the right hande, nor to the left, but remooue thy foote from euill. |
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