Proverbs 8:32

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Now therefore, ye children, hear me: Blessed are they that keep my ways.

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But he said: Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God, and keep it.

A gradual canticle. Often have they fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say.

Now therefore, my son, hear me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

Now therefore, my son, hear me, and attend to the words of my mouth.

Because I have kept the ways of the Lord: and have not wickedly departed from my God.

Destruction and death have said: With our ears we have heard the fame thereof.

Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom and is rich in prudence:

When prophecy shall fail, the people shall be scattered abroad: but he that keepeth the law is blessed.

She is a tree of life to them that lay hold on her: and he that shall retain her is blessed.