1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father,…
2I will give you a good gift, forsake…
3For I also was my father’s son, tender…
4And he taught me, and said: Let thy…
5Get wisdom, get prudence: forget not, neither decline…
6Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee:…
7The beginning of wisdom, get wisdom, and with…
8Take hold on her, and she shall exalt…
9She shall give to thy head increase of…
10Hear, O my son, and receive my words,…
11I will shew thee the way of wisdom,…
12Which when thou shalt have entered, thy steps…
13Take hold on instruction, leave it not: keep…
14Be not delighted in the paths of the…
15Flee from it, pass not by it: go…
16For they sleep not except they have done…
17They eat the bread of wickedness, and drink…
18But the path of the just, as a…
19The way of the wicked is darksome: they…
20My son, hearken to my words, and incline…
21Let them not depart from thy eyes, keep…
22For they are life to those that find…
23With all watchfulness keep thy heart, because life…
24Remove from thee a froward mouth, and let…
25Let thy eyes look straight on, and let…
26Make straight the path for thy feet, and…
27Decline not to the right hand, nor to…
