Proverbs 4:1
Hear, ye 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 to my father, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
Proverbs 4:4
And he taught me, and said to me, Let thy heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.
Proverbs 4:5
Get wisdom, get understanding. Do not forget, nor decline from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 4:6
Do not forsake her, and she will preserve thee. Love her, and she will keep thee.
Proverbs 4:7
Wisdom is the principal thing. 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 embrace her.
Proverbs 4:9
She will give to thy head a garland of grace, a crown of beauty she will 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 go, thy steps shall not be restricted. And if thou run, thou shall not stumble.
Proverbs 4:13
Take firm hold of instruction. Do not let her 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. Do not pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.
Proverbs 4:16
For they do not sleep unless they do evil. And their sleep is taken away unless they cause 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 shines more and more to 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 to 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 to those who 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 put perverse lips far from thee.
Proverbs 4:25
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Proverbs 4:26
Make the path of thy feet level, 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.