Thematic Bible
Proverbs 4:1 (show verse)
Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.
Proverbs 4:2 (show verse)
For good learning I have given to you, My law forsake not.
Proverbs 4:3 (show verse)
For, a son I have been to my father -- tender, And an only one before my mother.
Proverbs 4:4 (show verse)
And he directeth me, and he saith to me: 'Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live.
Proverbs 4:5 (show verse)
Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth.
Proverbs 4:6 (show verse)
Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee.
Proverbs 4:7 (show verse)
The first thing is wisdom -- get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding.
Proverbs 4:8 (show verse)
Exalt her, and she doth lift thee up, She honoureth thee, when thou dost embrace her.
Proverbs 4:9 (show verse)
She giveth to thy head a wreath of grace, A crown of beauty she doth give thee freely.
Proverbs 4:10 (show verse)
Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life are multiplied to thee.
Proverbs 4:11 (show verse)
In a way of wisdom I have directed thee, I have caused thee to tread in paths of uprightness.
Proverbs 4:12 (show verse)
In thy walking thy step is not straitened, And if thou runnest, thou stumblest not.
Proverbs 4:13 (show verse)
Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she is thy life.
Proverbs 4:14 (show verse)
Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers.
Proverbs 4:15 (show verse)
Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on.
Proverbs 4:16 (show verse)
For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not some to stumble.
Proverbs 4:17 (show verse)
For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink.
Proverbs 4:18 (show verse)
And the path of the righteous is as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established,
Proverbs 4:19 (show verse)
The way of the wicked is as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble.
Proverbs 4:20 (show verse)
My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear,
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Proverbs 4:21 (show verse)
Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart.
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Proverbs 4:22 (show verse)
For life they are to those finding them, And to all their flesh healing.
Proverbs 4:23 (show verse)
Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it are the outgoings of life.
Proverbs 4:24 (show verse)
Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,
Proverbs 4:25 (show verse)
Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Proverbs 4:26 (show verse)
Ponder thou the path of thy feet, And all thy ways are established.
Proverbs 4:27 (show verse)
Incline not to the right or to the left, Turn aside thy foot from evil!