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Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom
Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
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Repent at my rebuke! Then I will pour out my thoughts to you, I will make known to you my teachings.
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Wisdom Bestows Well-Being
My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart,
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My son, do not let wisdom and understanding out of your sight, preserve sound judgment and discretion;
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I give you sound learning, so do not forsake my teaching.
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Warning Against Adultery
My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
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For this command is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and correction and instruction are the way to life,
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Keep my commands and you will live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
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Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have insight, I have power.
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The wicked desire the stronghold of evildoers, but the root of the righteous endures.
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Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
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The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning a person from the snares of death.
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An unfriendly person pursues selfish ends and against all sound judgment starts quarrels.
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The human spirit can endure in sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?
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teaching you to be honest and to speak the truth, so that you bring back truthful reports to those you serve?
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for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.
