1Hear, O sons, a father’s instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain[1] insight, (مز 34:11; أم 1:8; أم 2:2; أم 5:7; أم 7:24; أم 8:33)2for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching. (أي 11:4)3When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother, (1أخ 22:5; زك 12:10)4he taught me and said to me, “Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live. (لا 18:5; 1أخ 28:9; أم 3:1; أم 7:2; إش 55:3; أف 6:4)5Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. (أم 2:2; أم 4:1)6Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; love her, and she will guard you. (2تس 2:10)7The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight. (أم 1:7; أم 4:1)8Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her. (1صم 2:30; نش 2:6)9She will place on your head a graceful garland; she will bestow on you a beautiful crown.” (أم 1:9)10Hear, my son, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many. (أم 2:1; أم 3:2; أم 4:1)11I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness. (1صم 12:23)12When you walk, your step will not be hampered, and if you run, you will not stumble. (أي 18:7; مز 18:36; مز 119:45; أم 3:23)13Keep hold of instruction; do not let go; guard her, for she is your life. (أم 3:18; أم 4:22; يو 1:4; 1يو 5:12)14Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of the evil. (مز 1:1; أم 1:15)15Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on.16For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble. (مز 36:4)17For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence. (عا 2:8)18But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day. (2صم 23:4; أي 11:17; أي 22:28; مز 84:7; مز 97:11; إش 60:3; إش 62:1; دا 12:3; 1يو 3:2)19The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble. (1صم 2:9; أي 18:5; إش 59:9; إر 23:12; مت 6:23; يو 11:10; يو 12:35; 1يو 2:10)20My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. (أم 4:10)21Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart. (أم 2:1; أم 3:21)22For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their[2] flesh. (تث 32:47; أم 4:13; أم 8:35; أم 21:21; 1تي 4:8)23Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. (مز 16:11; مت 12:35)24Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you. (أم 2:15; أم 6:12)25Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. (عب 12:2)26Ponder[3] the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure. (مز 119:5; أم 5:6; أم 5:21; عب 12:13)27Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil. (تث 5:32; تث 28:14; يش 1:7; 1مل 15:5)