Thematic Bible
Proverbs 4:1 (show verse)
Hear, ye sons, the correction of a father, and attend, that ye may know understanding.
Proverbs 4:2 (show verse)
For, good teaching, have I given you, mine instruction, do not ye forsake.
Proverbs 4:3 (show verse)
For, a son, became I to my father, tender and most precious in the sight of my mother.
Proverbs 4:4 (show verse)
So he taught me, and said to me - Let thy heart, lay hold of my words, Keep my commandments and live!
Proverbs 4:5 (show verse)
Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding, Do not forget, neither decline thou from the sayings of my mouth.
Proverbs 4:6 (show verse)
Do not forsake her, and she will guard thee, - love her and she will keep thee.
Proverbs 4:7 (show verse)
The principal thing, is wisdom, acquire thou wisdom, With all thine acquisition, acquire thou understanding.
Proverbs 4:8 (show verse)
Exalt her, and she will set thee on high, she will bring thee to honour, when thou dust embrace her:
Proverbs 4:9 (show verse)
She will give for thy head, a wreath of beauty, A crown of adorning, will she bestow upon thee.
Proverbs 4:10 (show verse)
Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and they will multiply to thee the years of life.
Proverbs 4:11 (show verse)
In the way of wisdom, have I taught thee, I have guided thee in tracks of uprightness.
Proverbs 4:12 (show verse)
When thou walkest, thy step shall not be hemmed in, and, if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
Proverbs 4:13 (show verse)
Take fast hold of correction, let her not go, - keep her, for, she, is thy life.
Proverbs 4:14 (show verse)
Upon the path of the lawless, do not thou enter, and do not advance in the way of the wicked:
Proverbs 4:15 (show verse)
Avoid it, do not pass thereon - turn from it, and depart.
Proverbs 4:16 (show verse)
For they sleep not, unless they can do mischief, - They rob themselves of their sleep, if they cannot cause someone to stumble,
Proverbs 4:17 (show verse)
For they consume bread gotten by lawlessness, and, wine obtained by violence, they drink.
Proverbs 4:18 (show verse)
But, the path of the righteous, is as the light of dawn, - going on and brightening, unto meridian day.
Proverbs 4:19 (show verse)
The way of the lawless, is like darkness, they know not, at what they stumble.
Proverbs 4:20 (show verse)
My son, to my words, attend, to my sayings, incline thou thine ear;
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Proverbs 4:21 (show verse)
Let them not depart from thine eyes, keep them in the midst of thy heart;
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Proverbs 4:22 (show verse)
For, life, they are, to them who find them, - and, to every part of one's flesh, they bring healing.
Proverbs 4:23 (show verse)
Above all that must be guarded, keep thou thy heart, for, out of it, are the issues of life.
Proverbs 4:24 (show verse)
Remove from thee, perverseness of mouth, and, craftiness of lips, put far from thee.
Proverbs 4:25 (show verse)
Let, thine eyes, right onward, look, - and, thine eyelashes, point straight before thee.
Proverbs 4:26 (show verse)
Make level the track of thy foot, that, all thy ways, may be directed aright:
Proverbs 4:27 (show verse)
Decline not, to the right hand or to the left, - Turn away thy foot from wickedness.