The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2000.
The Beneficence of Wisdom |
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Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father,
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and attend to know understanding. |
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For I give you good doctrine,
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For I was my father’s son,
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tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. |
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He taught me also, and said unto me,
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Let thine heart retain my words: |
keep my commandments, and live. |
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Get wisdom, get understanding:
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forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. |
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Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee:
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love her, and she shall keep thee. |
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Wisdom is the principal thing;
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therefore get wisdom: |
and with all thy getting get understanding. |
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Exalt her, and she shall promote thee:
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she shall bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her. |
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She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace:
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a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. |
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Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings;
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and the years of thy life shall be many. |
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I have taught thee in the way of wisdom;
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I have led thee in right paths. |
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When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened;
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and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. |
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Take fast hold of instruction;
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let her not go: |
keep her; for she is thy life. |
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Enter not into the path of the wicked,
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and go not in the way of evil men. |
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Avoid it, pass not by it,
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turn from it, and pass away. |
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For they sleep not, except they have done mischief;
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and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. |
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For they eat the bread of wickedness,
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and drink the wine of violence. |
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But the path of the just is as the shining light,
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that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. |
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The way of the wicked is as darkness:
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they know not at what they stumble. |
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My son, attend to my words;
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incline thine ear unto my sayings. |
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Let them not depart from thine eyes;
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keep them in the midst of thine heart. |
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For they are life unto those that find them,
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and health to all their flesh. |
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Keep thy heart with all diligence;
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for out of it are the issues of life. |
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Put away from thee a froward mouth,
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and perverse lips put far from thee. |
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Let thine eyes look right on,
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and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. |
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Ponder the path of thy feet, Heb. 12.13
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and let all thy ways be established. |
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Turn not to the right hand nor to the left:
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remove thy foot from evil. |
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