Proverbs 4

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(Pro 4:1) Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
(Pro 4:2) For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
(Pro 4:3) For I was my father's son, tender and only {beloved} in the sight of my mother.
(Pro 4:4) He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
(Pro 4:5) Get wisdom, get understanding: forget {it} not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
(Pro 4:6) Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
(Pro 4:7) Wisdom {is} the principal thing; {therefore} get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
(Pro 4:8) Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
(Pro 4:9) She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
(Pro 4:10) Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
(Pro 4:11) I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
(Pro 4:12) When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
(Pro 4:13) Take fast hold of instruction; let {her} not go: keep her; for she {is} thy life.
(Pro 4:14) Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil {men}.
(Pro 4:15) Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
(Pro 4:16) For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause {some} to fall.
(Pro 4:17) For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
(Pro 4:18) But the path of the just {is} as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
(Pro 4:19) The way of the wicked {is} as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
(Pro 4:20) My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
(Pro 4:21) Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
(Pro 4:22) For they {are} life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
(Pro 4:23) Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it {are} the issues of life.
(Pro 4:24) Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
(Pro 4:25) Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
(Pro 4:26) Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
(Pro 4:27) Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
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