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| | Pro 4:1 | Listen, my sons, to a father's instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
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| | Pro 4:2 | I give you sound learning, so do not forsake my teaching.
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| | Pro 4:3 | When I was a boy in my father's house, still tender, and an only child of my mother,
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| | Pro 4:4 | he taught me and said, "Lay hold of my words with all your heart; keep my commands and you will live.
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| | Pro 4:5 | Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or swerve from them.
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| | Pro 4:6 | Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you.
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| | Pro 4:7 | Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding.
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| | Pro 4:8 | Esteem her, and she will exalt you; embrace her, and she will honor you.
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| | Pro 4:9 | She will set a garland of grace on your head and present you with a crown of splendor."
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| | Pro 4:10 | Listen, my son, accept what I say, and the years of your life will be many.
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| | Pro 4:11 | I guide you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths.
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| | Pro 4:12 | When you walk, your steps will not be hampered; when you run, you will not stumble.
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| | Pro 4:13 | Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life.
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| | Pro 4:14 | Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evil men.
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| | Pro 4:15 | Avoid it, do not travel on it; turn from it and go on your way.
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| | Pro 4:16 | For they cannot sleep till they do evil; they are robbed of slumber till they make someone fall.
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| | Pro 4:17 | They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
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| | Pro 4:18 | The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.
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| | Pro 4:19 | But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.
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| | Pro 4:20 | My son, pay attention to what I say; listen closely to my words.
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| | Pro 4:21 | Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart;
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| | Pro 4:22 | for they are life to those who find them and health to a man's whole body.
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| | Pro 4:23 | Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.
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| | Pro 4:24 | Put away perversity from your mouth; keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
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| | Pro 4:25 | Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly before you.
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| | Pro 4:26 | Make level paths for your feet and take only ways that are firm.
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| | Pro 4:27 | Do not swerve to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil.
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