4Proverbs 4

1Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.Select Proverbs 4:1

2For good learning I have given to you, My law forsake not.Select Proverbs 4:2

3For, a son I have been to my father--tender, And an only one before my mother.Select Proverbs 4:3

4And he directeth me, and he saith to me: `Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live.Select Proverbs 4:4

5Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth.Select Proverbs 4:5

6Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee.Select Proverbs 4:6

7The first thing is wisdom--get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding.Select Proverbs 4:7

8Exalt her, and she doth lift thee up, She honoureth thee, when thou dost embrace her.Select Proverbs 4:8

9She giveth to thy head a wreath of grace, A crown of beauty she doth give thee freely.Select Proverbs 4:9

10Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life are multiplied to thee.Select Proverbs 4:10

11In a way of wisdom I have directed thee, I have caused thee to tread in paths of uprightness.Select Proverbs 4:11

12In thy walking thy step is not straitened, And if thou runnest, thou stumblest not.Select Proverbs 4:12

13Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she is thy life.Select Proverbs 4:13

14Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers.Select Proverbs 4:14

15Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on.Select Proverbs 4:15

16For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not some to stumble.Select Proverbs 4:16

17For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink.Select Proverbs 4:17

18And the path of the righteous is as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established,Select Proverbs 4:18

19The way of the wicked is as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble.Select Proverbs 4:19

20My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear,Select Proverbs 4:20

21Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart.Select Proverbs 4:21

22For life they are to those finding them, And to all their flesh healing.Select Proverbs 4:22

23Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it are the outgoings of life.Select Proverbs 4:23

24Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,Select Proverbs 4:24

25Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee.Select Proverbs 4:25

26Ponder thou the path of thy feet, And all thy ways are established.Select Proverbs 4:26

27Incline not to the right or to the left, Turn aside thy foot from evil!Select Proverbs 4:27