20:004:001 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to
know understanding.
20:004:002 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
20:004:003 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the
sight of my mother.
20:004:004 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my
words: keep my commandments, and live.
20:004:005 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline
from the words of my mouth.
20:004:006 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and
she shall keep thee.
20:004:007 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with
all thy getting get understanding.
20:004:008 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to
honour, when thou dost embrace her.
20:004:009 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of
glory shall she deliver to thee.
20:004:010 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy
life shall be many.
20:004:011 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in
right paths.
20:004:012 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when
thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
20:004:013 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for
she is thy life.
20:004:014 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way
of evil men.
20:004:015 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
20:004:016 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their
sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
20:004:017 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of
violence.
20:004:018 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth
more and more unto the perfect day.
20:004:019 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what
they stumble.
20:004:020 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
20:004:021 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of
thine heart.
20:004:022 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all
their flesh.
20:004:023 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the
issues of life.
20:004:024 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far
from thee.
20:004:025 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look
straight before thee.
20:004:026 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be
established.
20:004:027 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot
from evil.