Proverbs 4

About Proverbs Proverbs collects short sayings of practical wisdom for daily life, rooted in the fear of the LORD.

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.SelectedProverbs 4:1Ask

For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.SelectedProverbs 4:2Ask

For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.SelectedProverbs 4:3Ask

He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.SelectedProverbs 4:4Ask

Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.SelectedProverbs 4:5Ask

Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.SelectedProverbs 4:6Ask

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.SelectedProverbs 4:7Ask

Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.SelectedProverbs 4:8Ask

She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.SelectedProverbs 4:9Ask

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.SelectedProverbs 4:10Ask

I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.SelectedProverbs 4:11Ask

When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.SelectedProverbs 4:12Ask

Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.SelectedProverbs 4:13Ask

Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.SelectedProverbs 4:14Ask

Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.SelectedProverbs 4:15Ask

For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.SelectedProverbs 4:16Ask

For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.SelectedProverbs 4:17Ask

But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.SelectedProverbs 4:18Ask

The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.SelectedProverbs 4:19Ask

My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.SelectedProverbs 4:20Ask

Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.SelectedProverbs 4:21Ask

For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.SelectedProverbs 4:22Ask

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.SelectedProverbs 4:23Ask

Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.SelectedProverbs 4:24Ask

Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.SelectedProverbs 4:25Ask

Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.SelectedProverbs 4:26Ask

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.SelectedProverbs 4:27Ask

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