Proverbs 8:32

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And now, my sons, listen to me: happy are those who keep my ways.

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

Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’

Blessed is every one who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways!

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

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

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

She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; those who hold her fast are called happy.

And now, O sons, listen to me, and do not depart from the words of my mouth.

And now, O sons, listen to me, and be attentive to the words of my mouth.

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