Thematic Bible
Proverbs 4:1 (show verse)
Children, listen [to the] instruction of a father, and be attentive [in order] to know insight.
Proverbs 4:2 (show verse)
For I have given you good instruction; do not forsake my teaching.
Proverbs 4:3 (show verse)
When I was a son to my father, tender and alone before my mother,
Proverbs 4:4 (show verse)
he taught me and said to me, "May your heart hold fast [to] my words; guard my commandments and live.
Proverbs 4:5 (show verse)
Get wisdom and insight; do not forget and do not turn from the sayings of my mouth.
Proverbs 4:6 (show verse)
Do not forsake her--then she will guard you; love her and she will keep you.
Proverbs 4:7 (show verse)
The beginning of wisdom: Get wisdom! With all [that is in] your possession, gain insight.
Proverbs 4:8 (show verse)
Cherish her and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.
Proverbs 4:9 (show verse)
She will give a garland for your head; she shall bestow a crown of glory upon you."
Proverbs 4:10 (show verse)
Listen, my child, take my sayings, and [the] years of your life shall be great.
Proverbs 4:11 (show verse)
In the way of wisdom I have instructed you; I have led you in the path 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)
Seize the instruction! Do not let go! Guard her, for she is your life.
Proverbs 4:14 (show verse)
In the path of the wicked do not go; do not walk in the way of those who do evil.
Proverbs 4:15 (show verse)
Avoid it; do not transgress it; turn away from it and pass by.
Proverbs 4:16 (show verse)
For they will not sleep if they have not done wrong, and they are robbed of their sleep if they do not cause stumbling.
Proverbs 4:17 (show verse)
For they ate the bread of wickedness, and they drank the wine of violence.
Proverbs 4:18 (show verse)
But the path of the righteous ones [is] like the light of dawn, leading and shining until the day {is full}.
Proverbs 4:19 (show verse)
The way of the wicked ones [is] like deep darkness; they do not know what they stumble over.
Proverbs 4:20 (show verse)
My child, be attentive to my words; to my sayings incline your ear.
No Themes for this verse.
Proverbs 4:21 (show verse)
May they not escape from your {sight}; keep them in [the] midst of your heart.
No Themes for this verse.
Proverbs 4:22 (show verse)
For they are life to those who find them and healing {to the entire body}.
Proverbs 4:23 (show verse)
With all vigilance, keep your heart, for from it [comes] the source of life.
Proverbs 4:24 (show verse)
Remove from yourself {deceitful speech}, and abolish {devious talk} from yourself.
Proverbs 4:25 (show verse)
May your eyes look forward and your gaze be straight before you.
Proverbs 4:26 (show verse)
May the path of your foot be balanced and all your ways be sure.
Proverbs 4:27 (show verse)
Do not swerve right or left; remove your foot from evil.