Proverbs 4
Proverbs 4:1
Hear, [my] sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:
Proverbs 4:2
For I give you good doctrine; Forsake ye not my law.
Proverbs 4:3
For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
Proverbs 4:4
And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live;
Proverbs 4:5
Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;
Proverbs 4:6
Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee.
Proverbs 4:7
Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [Therefore] get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding.
Proverbs 4:8
Exalt her, and she will promote thee; She will bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.
Proverbs 4:9
She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; A crown of beauty will she deliver to thee.
Proverbs 4:10
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of thy life shall be many.
Proverbs 4:11
I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness.
Proverbs 4:12
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; And if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
Proverbs 4:13
Take fast hold of instruction; Let her not go: Keep her; For she is thy life.
Proverbs 4:14
Enter not into the path of the wicked, And walk not in the way of evil men.
Proverbs 4:15
Avoid it, pass not by it; Turn from it, and pass on.
Proverbs 4:16
For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
Proverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.
Proverbs 4:18
But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.
Proverbs 4:20
My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Proverbs 4:21
Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart.
Proverbs 4:22
For they are life unto those that find them, And health to all their flesh.
Proverbs 4:23
Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.
Proverbs 4:24
Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.
Proverbs 4:25
Let thine eyes look right on, And let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Proverbs 4:26
Make level the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established.
Proverbs 4:27
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil.