A Father’s Instruction 1 DBY Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know intelligence; BSB BSB: Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
2 DBY for I give you good doctrine: forsake ye not my law. BSB BSB: For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive.
3 DBY For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother. BSB BSB: When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother,
4 DBY And he taught me, and said unto me, Let thy heart retain my words; keep my commandments and live. BSB BSB: he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live.
5 DBY Get wisdom, get intelligence: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. BSB BSB: Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.
6 DBY Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee; love her, and she shall preserve thee. BSB BSB: Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.
7 DBY The beginning of wisdom is , Get wisdom; and with all thy getting get intelligence. BSB BSB: Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.
8 DBY Exalt her, and she shall promote thee; she shall bring thee to honour when thou dost embrace her. BSB BSB: Prize her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you.
9 DBY She shall give to thy head a garland of grace; a crown of glory will she bestow upon thee. BSB BSB: She will set a garland of grace on your head; she will present you with a crown of beauty.”
10 DBY Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and the years of thy life shall be multiplied. BSB BSB: Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many.
11 DBY I will teach thee in the way of wisdom, I will lead thee in paths of uprightness. BSB BSB: I will guide you in the way of wisdom; I will lead you on straight paths.
12 DBY When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. BSB BSB: When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble.
13 DBY Take fast hold of instruction, let her not go: keep her, for she is thy life. BSB BSB: Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
14 DBY Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men : BSB BSB: Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.
15 DBY avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass away. BSB BSB: Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.
16 DBY For they sleep not except they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away unless they have caused some to fall. BSB BSB: For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
17 DBY For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. BSB BSB: For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
18 DBY But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, going on and brightening until the day be fully come. BSB BSB: The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
19 DBY The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. BSB BSB: But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.
20 DBY My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. BSB BSB: My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
21 DBY Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart. BSB BSB: Do not lose sight of them; keep them within your heart.
22 DBY For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. BSB BSB: For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.
23 DBY Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life. BSB BSB: Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
24 DBY Put away from thee perverseness of mouth, and corrupt lips put far from thee. BSB BSB: Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech.
25 DBY Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. BSB BSB: Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.
26 DBY Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be well-ordered. BSB BSB: Make a level path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure.
27 DBY Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil. BSB BSB: Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away from evil.
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