Proverbs 8:32

A Conservative Version

Now therefore, ye sons, hearken to me. For blessed are those who keep my ways.

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But he said, Blessed rather, are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.

Blessed [are] all who fear LORD, who walk in his ways.

Now therefore, ye sons, hearken to me, and do not depart from the words of my mouth.

Now therefore, ye sons, hearken to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.

For I have kept the ways of LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.

For I have kept the ways of LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gets understanding.

Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint, but he who keeps the law, happy is he.

She is a tree of life to those who lay hold upon her. And happy is everyone who retains her.