Chapter
Proverbs 4
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Book 1
Verses 27
| Reference | Verse |
|---|---|
| Proverbs 4:1 | Hear, ye children, 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 my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. |
| Proverbs 4:4 | He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. |
| Proverbs 4:5 | Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. |
| Proverbs 4:6 | Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. |
| Proverbs 4:7 | Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. |
| Proverbs 4:8 | Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. |
| Proverbs 4:9 | She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she 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 right paths. |
| 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. |
| Proverbs 4:15 | 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 cause some 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 just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto 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 unto my sayings. |
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