Chapter
Proverbs 4

Book of Proverbs - Chapter 4

Proverbs 4:1

Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;

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for I give you sound learning. Don't forsake my law.

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For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.

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He taught me, and said to me: "Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.

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Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth.

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Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.

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Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.

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Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her.

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She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you."

Proverbs 4:10

Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.

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I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths.

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When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.

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Take firm hold of instruction. Don't let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.

Proverbs 4:14

Don't enter into the path of the wicked. Don't walk in the way of evil men.

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Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.

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For they don't sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.

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For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

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But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.

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The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over.

Proverbs 4:20

My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.

Proverbs 4:21

Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart.

Proverbs 4:22

For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.

Proverbs 4:23

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

Proverbs 4:24

Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.

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Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.

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Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.

Proverbs 4:27

Don't turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.

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