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Proverbs 4	Proverbs 4
Proverbs 4:1 Hear, [my] sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:	Proverbs 4:1 Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:
Proverbs 4:2 For I give you good doctrine; Forsake ye not my law.	Proverbs 4:2 For I give you good teaching; do not give up the knowledge you are getting from me.
Proverbs 4:3 For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.	Proverbs 4:3 For I was a son to my father, a gentle and an only one to 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 4:4 And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life:
Proverbs 4:5 Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;	Proverbs 4:5 Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 4:6 Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee.	Proverbs 4:6 Do not give her up, and she will keep you; give her your love, and she will make you safe.
Proverbs 4:7 Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding.	Proverbs 4:7 The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.
Proverbs 4:8 Exalt her, and she will promote thee; She will bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.	Proverbs 4:8 Put her in a high place, and you will be lifted up by her; she will give you honour, when you give her your love.
Proverbs 4:9 She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; A crown of beauty will she deliver to thee.	Proverbs 4:9 She will put a crown of grace on your head, giving you a head-dress of glory.
Proverbs 4:10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of thy life shall be many.	Proverbs 4:10 Give ear, O my son, and let your heart be open to my sayings; and long life will be yours.
Proverbs 4:11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness.	Proverbs 4:11 I have given you teaching in the way of wisdom, guiding your steps in the straight way.
Proverbs 4:12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; And if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.	Proverbs 4:12 When you go, your way will not be narrow, and in running you will not have a fall.
Proverbs 4:13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: Keep her; for she is thy life.	Proverbs 4:13 Take learning in your hands, do not let her go: keep her, for she is your life.
Proverbs 4:14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, And walk not in the way of evil men.	Proverbs 4:14 Do not go in the road of sinners, or be walking in the way of evil men.
Proverbs 4:15 Avoid it, pass not by it; Turn from it, and pass on.	Proverbs 4:15 Keep far from it, do not go near; be turned from it, and go on your way.
Proverbs 4:16 For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.	Proverbs 4:16 For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall.
Proverbs 4:17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.	Proverbs 4:17 The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink.
Proverbs 4:18 But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.	Proverbs 4:18 But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.
Proverbs 4:19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.	Proverbs 4:19 The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.
Proverbs 4:20 My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings.	Proverbs 4:20 My son, give attention to my words; let your ear be turned to my sayings.
Proverbs 4:21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart.	Proverbs 4:21 Let them not go from your eyes; keep them deep in your heart.
Proverbs 4:22 For they are life unto those that find them, And health to all their flesh.	Proverbs 4:22 For they are life to him who gets them, and strength to all his flesh.
Proverbs 4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.	Proverbs 4:23 And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.
Proverbs 4:24 Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.	Proverbs 4:24 Put away from you an evil tongue, and let false lips be far from you.
Proverbs 4:25 Let thine eyes look right on, And let thine eyelids look straight before thee.	Proverbs 4:25 Keep your eyes on what is in front of you, looking straight before you.
Proverbs 4:26 Make level the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established.	Proverbs 4:26 Keep a watch on your behaviour; let all your ways be rightly ordered.
Proverbs 4:27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil.	Proverbs 4:27 Let there be no turning to the right or to the left, keep your feet from evil.