Proverbs 4:1
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know intelligence;
Proverbs 4:2
for I give you good doctrine: forsake ye not my law.
Proverbs 4:3
For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.
Proverbs 4:4
And he taught me, and said unto me, Let thy heart retain my words; keep my commandments and live.
Proverbs 4:5
Get wisdom, get intelligence: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 4:6
Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee; love her, and she shall preserve thee.
Proverbs 4:7
The beginning of wisdom is , Get wisdom; and with all thy getting get intelligence.
Proverbs 4:8
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee; she shall bring thee to honour when thou dost embrace her.
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She shall give to thy head a garland of grace; a crown of glory will she bestow upon thee.
Proverbs 4:10
Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and the years of thy life shall be multiplied.
Proverbs 4:11
I will teach thee in the way of wisdom, I will lead thee in paths of uprightness.
Proverbs 4:12
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
Proverbs 4:13
Take fast hold of instruction, let her not go: keep her, for she is thy life.
Proverbs 4:14
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men :
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avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass away.
Proverbs 4:16
For they sleep not except they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away unless they have caused some to 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 as the shining light, going on and brightening until the day be fully come.
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 unto 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 unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
Proverbs 4:23
Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life.
Proverbs 4:24
Put away from thee perverseness of mouth, and corrupt lips put far from thee.
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Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Proverbs 4:26
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be well-ordered.
Proverbs 4:27
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.