1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.⇆ compare2For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.⇆ compare3For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.⇆ compare4He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.⇆ compare5Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.⇆ compare6Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.⇆ compare7Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.⇆ compare8Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.⇆ compare9She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.⇆ compare10Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.⇆ compare11I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.⇆ compare12When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.⇆ compare13Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.⇆ compare14Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.⇆ compare15Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.⇆ compare16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.⇆ compare17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.⇆ compare18But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.⇆ compare19The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.⇆ compare20My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.⇆ compare21Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.⇆ compare22For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.⇆ compare23Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.⇆ compare24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.⇆ compare25Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.⇆ compare26Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.⇆ compare27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.⇆ compare