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--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--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!