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Proverbs 4

27 verses · King James Version

  1. 1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.Compare translations of Proverbs 4:1
  2. 2For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.Compare translations of Proverbs 4:2
  3. 3For I was my father’s son, tender and only in the sight of my mother.Compare translations of Proverbs 4:3
  4. 4He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.Compare translations of Proverbs 4:4
  5. 5Get wisdom, get understanding: forget not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.Compare translations of Proverbs 4:5
  6. 6Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.Compare translations of Proverbs 4:6
  7. 7Wisdom the principal thing; get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.Compare translations of Proverbs 4:7
  8. 8Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.Compare translations of Proverbs 4:8
  9. 9She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.Compare translations of Proverbs 4:9
  10. 10Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.Compare translations of Proverbs 4:10
  11. 11I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.Compare translations of Proverbs 4:11
  12. 12When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.Compare translations of Proverbs 4:12
  13. 13Take fast hold of instruction; let not go: keep her; for she thy life.Compare translations of Proverbs 4:13
  14. 14Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evilCompare translations of Proverbs 4:14
  15. 15Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.Compare translations of Proverbs 4:15
  16. 16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause to fall.Compare translations of Proverbs 4:16
  17. 17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.Compare translations of Proverbs 4:17
  18. 18But the path of the just as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.Compare translations of Proverbs 4:18
  19. 19The way of the wicked as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.Compare translations of Proverbs 4:19
  20. 20My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.Compare translations of Proverbs 4:20
  21. 21Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.Compare translations of Proverbs 4:21
  22. 22For they life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.Compare translations of Proverbs 4:22
  23. 23Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it the issues of life.Compare translations of Proverbs 4:23
  24. 24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.Compare translations of Proverbs 4:24
  25. 25Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.Compare translations of Proverbs 4:25
  26. 26Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.Compare translations of Proverbs 4:26
  27. 27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.Compare translations of Proverbs 4:27