KJV ¹ Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

VULC ¹ [Audite, filii, disciplinam patris,
et attendite ut sciatis prudentiam.

KJV ² For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

VULC ² Donum bonum tribuam vobis :
legem meam ne derelinquatis.

KJV ³ For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

VULC ³ Nam et ego filius fui patris mei,
tenellus et unigenitus coram matre mea.

KJV ⁴ He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

VULC ⁴ Et docebat me, atque dicebat :
Suscipiat verba mea cor tuum ;
custodi præcepta mea, et vives.

KJV ⁵ Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

VULC ⁵ Posside sapientiam, posside prudentiam :
ne obliviscaris, neque declines a verbis oris mei.

KJV ⁶ Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

VULC ⁶ Ne dimittas eam, et custodiet te :
dilige eam, et conservabit te.

KJV ⁷ Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

VULC ⁷ Principium sapientiæ : posside sapientiam,
et in omni possessione tua acquire prudentiam.

KJV ⁸ Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

VULC ⁸ Arripe illam, et exaltabit te ;
glorificaberis ab ea cum eam fueris amplexatus.

KJV ⁹ She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

VULC ⁹ Dabit capiti tuo augmenta gratiarum,
et corona inclyta proteget te.]

KJV ¹⁰ Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

VULC ¹⁰ [Audi, fili mi, et suscipe verba mea,
ut multiplicentur tibi anni vitæ.

KJV ¹¹ I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.

VULC ¹¹ Viam sapientiæ monstrabo tibi ;
ducam te per semitas æquitatis :

KJV ¹² When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

VULC ¹² quas cum ingressus fueris, non arctabuntur gressus tui,
et currens non habebis offendiculum.

KJV ¹³ Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

VULC ¹³ Tene disciplinam, ne dimittas eam ;
custodi illam, quia ipsa est vita tua.

KJV ¹⁴ Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

VULC ¹⁴ Ne delecteris in semitis impiorum,
nec tibi placeat malorum via.

KJV ¹⁵ Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

VULC ¹⁵ Fuge ab ea, nec transeas per illam ;
declina, et desere eam.

KJV ¹⁶ For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

VULC ¹⁶ Non enim dormiunt nisi malefecerint,
et rapitur somnus ab eis nisi supplantaverint.

KJV ¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

VULC ¹⁷ Comedunt panem impietatis,
et vinum iniquitatis bibunt.

KJV ¹⁸ But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

VULC ¹⁸ Justorum autem semita quasi lux splendens procedit,
et crescit usque ad perfectam diem.

KJV ¹⁹ The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

VULC ¹⁹ Via impiorum tenebrosa ;
nesciunt ubi corruant.

KJV ²⁰ My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

VULC ²⁰ Fili mi, ausculta sermones meos,
et ad eloquia mea inclina aurem tuam.

KJV ²¹ Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

VULC ²¹ Ne recedant ab oculis tuis :
custodi ea in medio cordis tui :

KJV ²² For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

VULC ²² vita enim sunt invenientibus ea,
et universæ carni sanitas.

KJV ²³ Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

VULC ²³ Omni custodia serva cor tuum,
quia ex ipso vita procedit.

KJV ²⁴ Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

VULC ²⁴ Remove a te os pravum,
et detrahentia labia sint procul a te.

KJV ²⁵ Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

VULC ²⁵ Oculi tui recta videant,
et palpebræ tuæ præcedant gressus tuos.

KJV ²⁶ Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

VULC ²⁶ Dirige semitam pedibus tuis,
et omnes viæ tuæ stabilientur.

KJV ²⁷ Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

VULC ²⁷ Ne declines ad dexteram neque ad sinistram ;
averte pedem tuum a malo :
vias enim quæ a dextris sunt novit Dominus :
perversæ vero sunt quæ a sinistris sunt.
Ipse autem rectos faciet cursus tuos,
itinera autem tua in pace producet.]