The Proverbs 4

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1 Hear ye children the instruction of a father and attend to know understanding ⚑

2 For I give you good doctrine forsake ye not my law ⚑

3 For I was my ather’s son tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother ⚑

4 He taught me also and said unto me Let thine heart retain my words keep my commandments and live ⚑

5 Get wisdom get understanding forget it not neither decline from the words of my mouth ⚑

6 Forsake her not and she shall preserve thee love her and she shall keep thee ⚑

7 Wisdom is the principal thing therefore get wisdom and with all thy getting get understanding ⚑

8 Exalt her and she shall promote thee she shall bring thee to honour when thou dost embrace her ⚑

9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee ⚑

10 Hear O my son and receive my sayings and the years of thy life shall be many ⚑

11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom I have led thee in right paths ⚑

12 When thou goest thy steps shall not be straitened and when thou runnest thou shalt not stumble ⚑

13 Take fast hold of instruction let her not go keep her for she is thy life ⚑

14 Enter not into the path of the wicked and go not in the way of evil men ⚑

15 Avoid it pass not by it turn from it and pass away ⚑

16 For they sleep not except they have done mischief and their sleep is taken away unless they cause some to fall ⚑

17 For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence ⚑

18 But the path of the just is as the shining light that shineth more and more unto the perfect day ⚑

19 The way of the wicked is as darkness they know not at what they stumble ⚑

20 My son attend to my words incline thine ear unto my sayings ⚑

21 Let them not depart from thine eyes keep them in the midst of thine heart ⚑

22 For they are life unto those that find them and health to all their flesh ⚑

23 Keep thy heart with all diligence for out of it are the issues of life ⚑

24 Put away from thee a froward mouth and perverse lips put far from thee ⚑

25 Let thine eyes look right on and let thine eyelids look straight before thee ⚑

26 Ponder the path of thy feet and let all thy ways be established ⚑

27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left remove thy foot from evil ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain