Proverbs 4:11

Julia E. Smith Translation 1876

In the way of wisdom I taught thee; I caused thee to tread in the tracks of uprightness

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And besides, the preacher was wise; he yet taught the people knowledge; and he gave ear, and sought out, setting in order many parables.

All of them straight to him understanding, and right to those finding knowledge.

Hear ye, for I will speak dear things; and the openings of my lips uprightnesses.

He will turn back my soul: he will guide me into the tracks of justice for sake of his name.

See, I taught you laws and judgments as Jehovah my God commanded me, to do thus in the midst of the land where ye are going there to possess it

And he taught me, and he will say to me, Thy heart shall hold fast my words: watch my commands and live.

O, full of deceit, and all dexterity, son of the devil, enemy of all justice, Wilt thou cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord?

I shall go in the way of justice, in the midst of the beaten paths of judgment:

So that thou shalt go in the way of the good, and thou shalt watch the paths of the just