Thematic Bible
Proverbs 4:1 (show verse)
Hear, O sons, a father's instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight,
Proverbs 4:2 (show verse)
for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching.
Proverbs 4:3 (show verse)
When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother,
Proverbs 4:4 (show verse)
he taught me and said to me, "Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live.
Proverbs 4:5 (show verse)
Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 4:6 (show verse)
Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; love her, and she will guard you.
Proverbs 4:7 (show verse)
The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight.
Proverbs 4:8 (show verse)
Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.
Proverbs 4:9 (show verse)
She will place on your head a graceful garland; she will bestow on you a beautiful crown."
Proverbs 4:10 (show verse)
Hear, my son, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many.
Proverbs 4:11 (show verse)
I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness.
Proverbs 4:12 (show verse)
When you walk, your step will not be hampered, and if you run, you will not stumble.
Proverbs 4:13 (show verse)
Keep hold of instruction; do not let go; guard her, for she is your life.
Proverbs 4:14 (show verse)
Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of the evil.
Proverbs 4:15 (show verse)
Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on.
Proverbs 4:16 (show verse)
For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.
Proverbs 4:17 (show verse)
For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
Proverbs 4:18 (show verse)
But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.
Proverbs 4:19 (show verse)
The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble.
Proverbs 4:20 (show verse)
My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
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Proverbs 4:21 (show verse)
Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart.
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Proverbs 4:22 (show verse)
For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh.
Proverbs 4:23 (show verse)
Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.
Proverbs 4:24 (show verse)
Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you.
Proverbs 4:25 (show verse)
Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you.
Proverbs 4:26 (show verse)
Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure.
Proverbs 4:27 (show verse)
Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil.