Thematic Bible

Proverbs 4:1

Children, listen [to the] instruction of a father, and be attentive [in order] to know insight.

Proverbs 4:2

For I have given you good instruction; do not forsake my teaching.

Proverbs 4:3

When I was a son to my father, tender and alone before my mother,

Proverbs 4:4

he taught me and said to me, "May your heart hold fast [to] my words; guard my commandments and live.

Proverbs 4:5

Get wisdom and insight; do not forget and do not turn from the sayings of my mouth.

Proverbs 4:6

Do not forsake her--then she will guard you; love her and she will keep you.

Proverbs 4:7

The beginning of wisdom: Get wisdom! With all [that is in] your possession, gain insight.

Proverbs 4:8

Cherish her and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.

Proverbs 4:9

She will give a garland for your head; she shall bestow a crown of glory upon you."

Proverbs 4:10

Listen, my child, take my sayings, and [the] years of your life shall be great.

Proverbs 4:11

In the way of wisdom I have instructed you; I have led you in the path of uprightness.

Proverbs 4:12

{When you walk}, your step will not be hampered, and if you run, you will not stumble.

Proverbs 4:13

Seize the instruction! Do not let go! Guard her, for she is your life.

Proverbs 4:14

In the path of the wicked do not go; do not walk in the way of those who do evil.

Proverbs 4:15

Avoid it; do not transgress it; turn away from it and pass by.

Proverbs 4:16

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

For they ate the bread of wickedness, and they drank the wine of violence.

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the righteous ones [is] like the light of dawn, leading and shining until the day {is full}.

Proverbs 4:19

The way of the wicked ones [is] like deep darkness; they do not know what they stumble over.

Proverbs 4:20

My child, be attentive to my words; to my sayings incline your ear.
No Themes for this verse.

Proverbs 4:21

May they not escape from your {sight}; keep them in [the] midst of your heart.
No Themes for this verse.

Proverbs 4:22

For they are life to those who find them and healing {to the entire body}.

Proverbs 4:23

With all vigilance, keep your heart, for from it [comes] the source of life.

Proverbs 4:24

Remove from yourself {deceitful speech}, and abolish {devious talk} from yourself.

Proverbs 4:25

May your eyes look forward and your gaze be straight before you.

Proverbs 4:26

May the path of your foot be balanced and all your ways be sure.

Proverbs 4:27

Do not swerve right or left; remove your foot from evil.