JPS_ASV_Byz(i)
1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
2 For I give you good doctrine; forsake ye not my teaching.
3 For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.
4 And he taught me, and said unto me: 'Let thy heart hold fast my words, keep my commandments, and live;
5 Get wisdom, get understanding; forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;
6 Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; love her, and she will keep thee.
7 The beginning of wisdom is: Get wisdom; yea, with all thy getting get understanding.
8 Extol her, and she will exalt thee; she will bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
9 She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; a crown of glory will she bestow on thee.'
10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness.
12 When thou goest, thy step shall not be straitened; and if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.