Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Listen
, my
sons, to
a
father’s
instruction ;
pay
attention
and gain
understanding.
Hear
, ye
sons, the
instruction of
a
father,
And give
attention
to
know
understanding.
For I give
you sound
teaching;
do
not
abandon
my directive
.
For good
learning
I have
given
to
you ,
My law
forsake
not
.
When
I
was
a son to my father ,
tender and the
only child
of
my mother ,
For,
a son I
have
been
to my father --
tender ,
And an
only one
before
my mother .
he taught
me and
said
, “
Let your
heart lay
hold
of
my words ;
keep my commands and you
will
live.
And
he directeth
me, and
he
saith
to
me:
`
Let thy
heart retain
my words ,
Keep my commands ,
and live.
Get wisdom, get understanding ;
do not forget my
words
or
turn from them
.
Get wisdom, get understanding ,
Do not forget ,
nor
turn away
From the
sayings
of
my
mouth
.
Do
not
forsake wisdom
, and she will
preserve you;
love her, and she will
guard
you
.
Forsake her
not
, and she doth
preserve thee,
Love her, and she doth
keep
thee
.
Wisdom
is supreme;
so
acquire
wisdom .
And
whatever
you
may
acquire
, gain
understanding.
The
first
thing
`
is '
wisdom --
get
wisdom
, And
with
all
thy
getting
get
understanding.
Prize
her, and she will
exalt
you;
if
you
embrace
her
, she will
honor
you
.
Exalt
her, and she doth
lift
thee
up
, She honoureth
thee,
when
thou
dost
embrace
her
.
She will
set
a garland
of grace on
your
head;
she
will
present
you
with
a crown of beauty. ”
She giveth
to
thy
head
a wreath
of grace ,
A crown of beauty she
doth
give
thee
freely
.
Listen
, my son, and receive my words
, and the
years of your
life will
be
many
.
Hear
, my son, and receive my sayings
, And years of life `are'
multiplied
to
thee
.
I
will
guide
you
in the
way of wisdom ;
I will
lead
you
on
straight
paths.
In a
way of wisdom I have
directed
thee,
I
have
caused
thee
to
tread
in
paths of
uprightness
.
When
you
walk,
your
steps
will
not be
impeded;
when
you
run
, you
will
not stumble
.
In
thy
walking
thy
step
is
not straitened
, And
if
thou
runnest,
thou
stumblest
not.
Hold on to
instruction ;
do not let
go.
Guard
it
, for it
is your
life.
Lay
hold on instruction ,
do not desist
, Keep
her,
for she
`
is '
thy
life.
Do
not
set
foot
on
the path of the wicked or
walk
in the
way of evildoers
.
Into
the path of the wicked enter
not,
And
be
not
happy
in a
way of evil
doers
.
Avoid it ;
do
not travel
on
it .
Turn from it and pass on by
.
Avoid it ,
pass
not over
into
it ,
Turn aside
from it ,
and pass on.
For they cannot
sleep unless
they do evil ;
they
are
deprived
of
slumber
until
they make
someone
fall
.
For they sleep not
if
they do not
evil ,
And
their
sleep
hath
been
taken
violently
away,
If
they cause
not
`some'
to
stumble
.
For they eat
the
bread of wickedness and drink
the
wine of violence.
For they have
eaten
bread of wickedness ,
And wine of violence they
drink
.
The path of the righteous is like
the
first
gleam
of
dawn,
shining brighter
and brighter
until
midday.
And
the path of the righteous `
is '
as
a
shining light,
Going
and brightening
till
the
day
is
established,
But
the way of the wicked is like
the
darkest
gloom;
they do
not know
what makes
them
stumble.
The way of the wicked `
is '
as
darkness,
They have
not known
at
what they
stumble.
My son, pay
attention
to my words ;
incline
your
ear
to my sayings .
My son, to my words give
attention,
To my sayings incline
thine
ear,
Do
not
lose
sight
of
them ;
keep
them within
your
heart.
Let
them not
turn
aside
from
thine
eyes,
Preserve
them in
the
midst
of
thy
heart.
For they are life
to those who
find
them, and health
to the
whole
body
.
For life
they `
are '
to those finding
them, And to all
their
flesh
healing
.
Guard
your
heart with
all
diligence
, for from
it flow
springs
of life.
Above
every
charge
keep
thy
heart, For out
of
it `are'
the
outgoings
of life.
Put
away
deception
from your
mouth ;
keep
your
lips from perverse
speech.
Turn
aside
from thee
a
froward
mouth ,
And
perverse
lips put
far
from thee,
Let
your
eyes look forward;
fix
your
gaze
straight ahead
.
Thine
eyes do
look straightforward,
And
thine
eyelids
look
straight before
thee
.
Make
a
level
path for
your
feet, and all your
ways will
be
sure
.
Ponder
thou
the
path of
thy
feet, And all thy
ways `are'
established
.
Do
not swerve
to the right or to the left ;
turn your
feet
away
from evil .
Incline
not `
to '
the right or to the left ,
Turn aside
thy
foot
from evil !
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