Leeser(i)
1 Hear, ye children, the correction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
2 For good information do I give you: my teaching must ye not forsake.
3 For I was a son unto my father, a tender and an only child before my mother.
4 And he instructed me, and said unto me, Let thy heart grasp firmly my words: observe my commandments and live.
5 Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding: forget not, and depart not from the sayings of my mouth.
6 Forsake her not, and she will watch over thee: love her, and she will keep thee.
7 The beginning of wisdom is, Acquire wisdom: and with all thy acquisition acquire understanding.
8 Hold her in high esteem, and she will exalt thee: she will bring thee to honor, when thou embracest her.
9 She will give to thy head a wreath of grace: a crown of ornament will she deliver to thee.
10 Hear, O my son, and accept my sayings: and they will increase unto thee the years of life.
11 In the way of wisdom have I instructed thee: I have led thee in the tracks of uprightness.
12 When thou walkest, thy step shall not be narrowed; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.