<vn='1'><sn="8085">Hear</s>, ye <sn="1121">children</s>, the <sn="4148">instruction</s> of a <sn="1">father</s>, and <sn="7181">attend</s> to <sn="3045">know</s><sn="998">understanding</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="3588">For</s> I <sn="5414">give</s> you <sn="2896">good</s><sn="3948">doctrine</s>, <sn="5800">forsake</s> ye <sn="408">not</s> my <sn="8451">law</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="3588">For</s> I <sn="1961">was</s> my <sn="1">father</s> 's <sn="1121">son</s>, <sn="7390">tender</s> and <sn="3173">only</s> beloved in the <sn="6440">sight</s> of my <sn="517">mother</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>He <sn="3384">taught</s> me also, and <sn="559">said</s> unto me, Let thine <sn="3820">heart</s><sn="8551">retain</s> my <sn="1697">words</s>: <sn="8104">keep</s> my <sn="4687">commandments</s>, and <sn="2421">live</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="7069">Get</s><sn="2451">wisdom</s>, <sn="7069">get</s><sn="998">understanding</s>: <sn="7911">forget</s> it <sn="408">not</s>; <sn="408">neither</s><sn="5186">decline</s> from the <sn="4480 561">words</s> of my <sn="6310">mouth</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="5800">Forsake</s> her <sn="408">not</s>, and she shall <sn="8104">preserve</s> thee: <sn="157">love</s> her, and she shall <sn="5341">keep</s> thee. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="2451">Wisdom</s> is the principal <sn="7225">thing</s>; therefore <sn="7069">get</s><sn="2451">wisdom</s>: and with <sn="3605">all</s> thy <sn="7075">getting</s><sn="7069">get</s><sn="998">understanding</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="5549">Exalt</s> her, and she shall <sn="7311">promote</s> thee: she shall bring thee to <sn="3513">honor</s>, <sn="3588">when</s> thou dost <sn="2263">embrace</s> her. </v>
<vn='9'>She shall <sn="5414">give</s> to thine <sn="7218">head</s> an <sn="3880">ornament</s> of <sn="2580">grace</s>: a <sn="5850">crown</s> of <sn="8597">glory</s> shall she <sn="4042">deliver</s> to thee. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="8085">Hear</s>, O my <sn="1121">son</s>, and <sn="3947">receive</s> my <sn="561">sayings</s>; and the <sn="8141">years</s> of thy <sn="2416">life</s> shall be <sn="7235">many</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>I have <sn="3384">taught</s> thee in the <sn="1870">way</s> of <sn="2451">wisdom</s>; I have <sn="1869">led</s> thee in <sn="3476">right</s><sn="4570">paths</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>When thou <sn="1980">goest</s>, thy <sn="6806">steps</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="3334">straitened</s>; and <sn="518">when</s> thou <sn="7323">runnest</s>, thou shalt <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3782">stumble</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>Take fast <sn="2388">hold</s> of <sn="4148">instruction</s>; let her <sn="408">not</s><sn="7503">go</s>: <sn="5341">keep</s> her; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1931">she</s> is thy <sn="2416">life</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="935">Enter</s><sn="408">not</s> into the <sn="734">path</s> of the <sn="7563">wicked</s>, and <sn="833">go</s><sn="408">not</s> in the <sn="1870">way</s> of <sn="7451">evil</s> men. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="6544">Avoid</s> it, <sn="5674">pass</s><sn="408">not</s> by it, <sn="7847">turn</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> it, and pass <sn="5674">away</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="3588">For</s> they <sn="3462">sleep</s><sn="3808">not</s>, <sn="518 3808">except</s> they have done <sn="7489">mischief</s>; and their <sn="8142">sleep</s> is taken <sn="1497">away</s>, <sn="518 3808">unless</s> they cause some to <sn="3782">fall</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="3588">For</s> they <sn="3898">eat</s> the <sn="3899">bread</s> of <sn="7562">wickedness</s>, and <sn="8354">drink</s> the <sn="3196">wine</s> of <sn="2555">violence</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>But the <sn="734">path</s> of the <sn="6662">just</s> is as the <sn="5051">shining</s><sn="216">light</s>, that <sn="215">shineth</s> more and <sn="1980">more</s><sn="5704">unto</s> the <sn="3559">perfect</s><sn="3117">day</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>The <sn="1870">way</s> of the <sn="7563">wicked</s> is as <sn="653">darkness</s>: they <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3808">not</s> at <sn="4100">what</s> they <sn="3782">stumble</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>My <sn="1121">son</s>, <sn="7181">attend</s> to my <sn="1697">words</s>; <sn="5186">incline</s> thine <sn="241">ear</s> unto my <sn="561">sayings</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>Let them <sn="408">not</s><sn="3868">depart</s> from thine <sn="4480 5869">eyes</s>; <sn="8104">keep</s> them in the <sn="8432">midst</s> of thine <sn="3824">heart</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="1992">they</s> are <sn="2416">life</s> unto those that <sn="4672">find</s> them, and <sn="4832">health</s> to <sn="3605">all</s> their <sn="1320">flesh</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="5341">Keep</s> thy <sn="3820">heart</s> with <sn="4480 3605">all</s><sn="4929">diligence</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> out <sn="4480">of</s> it are the <sn="8444">issues</s> of <sn="2416">life</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>Put <sn="5493">away</s><sn="4480">from</s> thee a <sn="6143">froward</s><sn="6310">mouth</s>, and <sn="3891">perverse</s><sn="8193">lips</s> put <sn="7368">far</s><sn="4480">from</s> thee. </v>
<vn='25'>Let thine <sn="5869">eyes</s><sn="5027">look</s> right <sn="5227">on</s>, and let thine <sn="6079">eyelids</s> look <sn="3474">straight</s><sn="5048">before</s> thee. </v>
<vn='26'><sn="6424">Ponder</s> the <sn="4570">path</s> of thy <sn="7272">feet</s>, and let <sn="3605">all</s> thy <sn="1870">ways</s> be <sn="3559">established</s>. </v>
<vn='27'><sn="5186">Turn</s><sn="408">not</s> to the right <sn="3225">hand</s> nor to the <sn="8040">left</s>: <sn="5493">remove</s> thy <sn="7272">foot</s> from <sn="4480 7451">evil</s>. </v>