chapter_Proverbs_4
Proverbs 4:1: Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding. Proverbs 4:2: For good learning I have given to you, My law forsake not. Proverbs 4:3: For, a son I have been to my father &#8212; tender, And an only one before my mother. Proverbs 4:4: And he directeth me, and he saith to me: 'Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live. Proverbs 4:5: Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth. Proverbs 4:6: Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee. Proverbs 4:7: The first thing is wisdom &#8212; get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding. Proverbs 4:8: Exalt her, and she doth lift thee up, She honoureth thee, when thou dost embrace her. Proverbs 4:9: She giveth to thy head a wreath of grace, A crown of beauty she doth give thee freely. Proverbs 4:10: Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life are multiplied to thee. Proverbs 4:11: In a way of wisdom I have directed thee, I have caused thee to tread in paths of uprightness. Proverbs 4:12: In thy walking thy step is not straitened, And if thou runnest, thou stumblest not. Proverbs 4:13: Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she is thy life. Proverbs 4:14: Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers. Proverbs 4:15: Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on. Proverbs 4:16: For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not some to stumble. Proverbs 4:17: For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink. Proverbs 4:18: And the path of the righteous is as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established, Proverbs 4:19: The way of the wicked is as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble. Proverbs 4:20: My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear, Proverbs 4:21: Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart. Proverbs 4:22: For life they are to those finding them, And to all their flesh healing. Proverbs 4:23: Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it are the outgoings of life. Proverbs 4:24: Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee, Proverbs 4:25: Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee. Proverbs 4:26: Ponder thou the path of thy feet, And all thy ways are established. Proverbs 4:27: Incline not to the right or to the left, Turn aside thy foot from evil!
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