1 Hear,
2 For I give you good doctrine;
3 For I was a son unto my father,
4 And he taught me, and said unto me:
5 Get wisdom, get understanding;
6 Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee;
7 Wisdom
8 Exalt her, and she will promote thee;
9 She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace;
10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings;
11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom;
12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened;
13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go:
14 Enter not into the path of the wicked,
15 Avoid it, pass not by it;
16 For they sleep not, except they do evil;
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness,
18 But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light,
19 The way of the wicked is as darkness:
20 My son, attend to my words;
21 Let them not depart from thine eyes;
22 For they are life unto those that find them,
23 Keep thy heart with all diligence;
24 Put away from thee a wayward mouth,
25 Let thine eyes look right on,
26 Make level the path of thy feet,
27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: