Proverbs 4
1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
3 For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
Cross-references
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- 1Heb 2:1, Psa 34:11, Pro 1:8, Pro 2:1–5, 1Th 2:11–12, Pro 5:1, Pro 7:4, Pro 19:20
- 21Ti 4:6, Tit 1:9, Deu 32:2, Job 33:3, Pro 8:6–9, Psa 89:30–32, Jhn 7:16–17, Pro 22:20–21
- 31Ch 22:5, Rom 12:16, 1Ch 29:1, Zec 12:10, 1Ki 1:13–17, 2Sa 12:24–25, Jer 10:23, 1Ch 3:5
- 4Pro 3:1, Eph 6:4, Jhn 12:50, 1Ch 28:9, Pro 7:2, 2Ti 3:15, Deu 6:6, Isa 55:3
- 5Jas 1:5, Pro 3:13–18, 2Ch 34:2, Pro 1:22–23, Psa 44:18, Pro 17:16, Job 23:11, Pro 8:5
- 62Th 2:10, Pro 4:21–22, Eph 3:17, Pro 2:10–12
- 7Ecc 7:12, Ecc 9:16–18, Pro 23:23, Pro 16:16, Php 3:8, Mrk 8:36–37, Mat 13:44–46, Psa 119:104
- 8Dan 12:3, 1Sa 2:30, Pro 3:35, Pro 22:4, 1Ki 3:5–13
- 9Pro 1:9, 1Pe 5:4, Heb 2:7–9, Pro 16:31, Isa 28:5, Rev 3:21, 1Ti 2:9–10, Pro 3:22
- 101Th 2:13, Pro 3:2, Jer 9:20, Deu 6:2, Pro 3:16, Pro 8:10, Jhn 3:32–33, 1Ti 1:15
- 11Psa 25:4–5, Ecc 12:9, Pro 8:9, 1Sa 12:23–24, Pro 8:6, Psa 23:3, Deu 4:5, Pro 4:4
- 12Pro 3:23, Psa 18:36, 1Pe 2:8, Jhn 11:9–10, 2Sa 22:37, 1Jn 2:10–11, Psa 91:11–12, Psa 119:165
- 13Heb 2:1, Pro 3:18, Pro 23:23, Deu 32:47, 1Th 5:21, Act 11:23, Act 2:42, Jhn 6:68
- 14Psa 1:1, 1Co 15:33, Pro 1:10, Pro 1:15, Pro 13:20, Pro 9:6, Pro 2:11–12, Psa 26:4–5
- 15Eph 5:11, Job 22:23, 1Th 5:22, Job 11:14, Exo 23:7, Pro 5:8, Isa 33:15, Pro 6:5
- 16Psa 36:4, Mic 2:1, Isa 57:20, 2Pe 2:14, Pro 1:16, Luk 22:66, Jhn 18:28
- 17Pro 9:17, Pro 20:17, Psa 14:4, Mic 6:12, Jas 5:4–5, Job 24:5–6, Mat 23:13, Jer 5:26–28
- 18Jhn 8:12, Job 11:17, Dan 12:3, Php 2:15, 2Co 3:18, 2Pe 1:19, Mat 5:14, Psa 84:7
- 19Jhn 12:35, Isa 59:9–10, Job 18:5–6, Jer 23:12, 1Sa 2:9, Jer 13:16, Job 12:25, Mat 7:23
- 20Pro 5:1, Isa 55:3, Pro 7:1, Pro 6:20–21, Psa 78:1, Psa 90:12, Mat 17:5
- 21Pro 3:21, Pro 3:3, Pro 7:1–2, Psa 40:8, Pro 2:1
- 22Pro 12:18, Jer 33:6, Pro 4:10, Pro 3:8, Pro 4:4
- 23Luk 6:45, Mat 12:34–35, Mrk 7:21–23, Psa 139:23–24, Pro 13:3, Jer 17:9, Mat 15:19, Pro 23:19
- 24Pro 8:8, Jas 1:26, Pro 8:13, Pro 6:12, Eph 4:25–31, Jas 1:21, 1Pe 2:1, Col 3:8
- 25Psa 119:37, Mat 6:22, Job 31:1, Pro 23:33, Pro 23:5
- 26Heb 12:13, Psa 37:23, Psa 119:5, Hag 1:5, 2Th 3:3, Hag 1:7, Pro 5:21, Psa 119:59
- 27Deu 5:32, Jos 1:7, Deu 28:14, Pro 16:17, Deu 12:32, Rom 12:9, Isa 1:16