Pro Proverbs, chapter Proverbs of Solomon, chapter 4
Hear, ye banim, the musar (instruction, discipline) of an av,
and attend to know binah (understanding).
For I give you lekach tov (good doctrine, good instruction),
forsake ye not my torah.
For I was ben to avi,
tender and yachid (an only child) before immi.
He taught me also, and said unto me,
Let thine lev retain my words;
be shomer over my mitzvot, and live.1Ch 28:9
Acquire chochmah, acquire binah (understanding); forget it not;
neither turn from the words of my peh (mouth).
Forsake her not, and she shall be shomer over thee;
love her, and she shall protect thee.
Chochmah is the principal thing;
therefore get chochmah, and with all thy getting get binah (understanding).
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee;
she shall honor thee with kavod, when thou dost embrace her.Dan 2:46
She shall give to thine head a garland of chen;
an ateret (crown) of tiferet (glory) shall she present to thee.Pro 1:9
Hear, O beni (my son), and receive my sayings;
and thy shnot chayyim shall be many.Pro 3:2
I have taught thee in the derech chochmah;
I have led thee in ma'aglei yosher (right paths).
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be hindered;
and when thou runnest, lo tikashel (thou shalt not stumble).
Take firm hold of musar;
let her not go; guard her; for she is thy chayyim.
Enter not into the orach resha'im,
and go not on the derech ra'im (road of the wicked).Psa 1:1; Pro 1:10
Avoid it, travel al (not) on it,
turn from it, and pass on.
For they sleep not, unless they have done evil;
and their sheynah (sleep) is robbed, unless they cause some to fall.Est 6:4; Psa 36:5; Mic 2:1
For they eat the lechem of resha,
and drink the yayin of chamasim (violences).Pro 1:13
But the orach tzaddikim (path of the righteous) is as the bright light,
that shineth brighter and brighter unto the full day.Psa 97:11; Mat 5:16
The derech resha'im is as deep darkness;
they know not at what they stumble.Deu 28:29; Isa 59:10
Beni (my son), attend to my words;
incline thine ozen unto my sayings.
Let them not depart from thine eyes;
be shomer over them within thine lev.
For they are chayyim unto those that find them,
and health to all their basar.Psa 19:8
Set watch over and guard thy lev with all diligence;
for out of it are the totze'ot chayyim (issues, wellsprings of life).4:23 cf Mk 7:20-23Mat 6:1; Heb 13:9
Put away from thee a deceitful peh (mouth),
and perverse sfatayim (lips) put far from thee.
Let thine eynayim look straight forward,
and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.Job 31:1
Ponder the ma'agal (path) of thy raglayim,
and let all thy drakhim be firm.Heb 12:13
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left;
remove thy regel from rah.4:27 T.N. Everyone in life has two paths to choose from just as Moshiach Tzidkeinu spoke of two gates, a wide one crowded with traffic and leading to destruction, and another one found by few but leading to life and redemption — Mt 7:13-14