4Proverbs 4

CHAP. IIII. / 1 Solomon, to perswade obedience, 3 sheweth what instruction hee had of his parents, 5 to study wisdome, 14 and to shun the path of the wicked. 20 Hee exhorteth to faith, 23 and sanctifi

1Heare, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know vnderstanding.Select Proverbs 4:1

2For I giue you good doctrine: forsake you not my law.Select Proverbs 4:2

3For I was my fathers sonne, tender and onely beloued in the sight of my mother.Select Proverbs 4:3

4He taught me also, and said vnto me, Let thine heart reteine my wordes: keepe my commandements, and liue.Select Proverbs 4:4

5Get wisedome, get vnderstanding: forget it not, neither decline from the wordes of my mouth.Select Proverbs 4:5

6Forsake her not, and she shall preserue thee: loue her, and she shall keepe thee.Select Proverbs 4:6

7Wisedome is the principall thing, therefore get wisedome: and with all thy getting, get vnderstanding.Select Proverbs 4:7

8Exalt her, and shee shall promote thee: shee shall bring thee to honour, when thou doest imbrace her.Select Proverbs 4:8

9She shall giue to thine head an ornament of grace, a crowne of glory shall she deliuer to thee.Select Proverbs 4:9

10Heare, O my sonne, and receiue my sayings: and the yeeres of thy life shalbe many.Select Proverbs 4:10

11I haue taught thee in the way of wisedome: I haue lead thee in right pathes.Select Proverbs 4:11

12When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitned, and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.Select Proverbs 4:12

13Take fast hold of instruction, let her not goe; keepe her, for she is thy life.Select Proverbs 4:13

14Enter not into the path of the wicked, and goe not in the way of euill men.Select Proverbs 4:14

15Auoid it, passe not by it, turne from it, and passe away.Select Proverbs 4:15

16For they sleepe not except they haue done mischiefe: and their sleepe is taken away vnlesse they cause some to fall.Select Proverbs 4:16

17For they eate the bread of wickednesse, and drinke the wine of violence.Select Proverbs 4:17

18But the path of the iust is as the shining light that shineth more and more vnto the perfect day.Select Proverbs 4:18

19The way of the wicked is as darknes: they know not at what they stumble.Select Proverbs 4:19

20My sonne, attend to my words, incline thine eare vnto my sayings.Select Proverbs 4:20

21Let them not depart from thine eyes: keepe them in the midst of thine heart.Select Proverbs 4:21

22For they are life vnto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.Select Proverbs 4:22

23Keepe thy heart with all diligence: for out of it are the issues of life.Select Proverbs 4:23

24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and peruerse lips put farre from thee.Select Proverbs 4:24

25Let thine eyes looke right on, and let thine eye lids looke straight before thee.Select Proverbs 4:25

26Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy wayes be established.Select Proverbs 4:26

27Turne not to the right hande nor to the left: remoue thy foot frō euil.Select Proverbs 4:27