Prov. 4
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4:1
aHear,
my sons, the instruction of a father,
And be attentive, that you may gain understanding;
Prov. 4
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4:2
For I give you good teaching;
Do not forsake my instruction.
Prov. 4
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4:3
For I was a son to my father,
aTender and the only
beloved in the sight of my mother.
Prov. 4
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4:4
And he taught me and said to me,
Let your heart hold fast to my words;
Keep my commandments and live;
Prov. 4
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4:5
Get awisdom; get understanding;
Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.
Prov. 4
:6
4:6
Do not forsake her, and she will keep you;
Love her, and she will guard you.
Prov. 4
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4:7
The beginning of wisdom
is this:
Get wisdom; and in all your getting, get understanding.
Prov. 4
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4:8
Prize her highly, and she will exalt you;
She will honor you if you embrace her.
Prov. 4
:9
4:9
She will give a garland of grace for your head;
A crown of beauty will she bestow on you.
Prov. 4
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4:10
Hear, my son, and receive my words,
And the years of your life will be many.
Prov. 4
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4:11
I have taught you in the way of wisdom;
I have led you in the paths of uprightness.
Prov. 4
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4:12
When you walk, your steps will not be hindered;
And when you run, you will not stumble.
Prov. 4
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4:13
Take hold of instruction; do not let go;
Guard her, for she is your life.
Prov. 4
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4:14
Do not enter the path of the wicked,
And do not walk in the way of the evil.
Prov. 4
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4:15
Avoid it; do not pass by it;
Turn away from it and pass on by.
Prov. 4
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4:16
For they cannot sleep unless they do evil;
And they are robbed of their sleep unless they cause
someone to stumble.
Prov. 4
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4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness
And drink the wine of violence.
Prov. 4
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4:18
But the path of the righteous is like the
alight of
1dawn,
Which shines brighter and brighter until the full day.
Prov. 4
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The way of the wicked is like deep darkness;
They do not know what they
astumble over.
Prov. 4
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4:20
aMy son, be attentive to my words;
Incline your ear to my sayings.
Prov. 4
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4:21
Do not let them depart from your sight;
Keep them in the midst of your heart.
Prov. 4
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4:22
For they are life to those who find them,
And
ahealing to all their flesh.
Prov. 4
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aKeep your heart with all vigilance,
For
bfrom it are the issues of life.
Prov. 4
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4:24
Put away from you crooked speech,
And put perverse talk far from you.
Prov. 4
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4:25
Let your eyes look directly ahead,
And let your gaze be straight in front of you.
Prov. 4
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4:26
Make straight the path of your feet,
And all your ways will be established.
Prov. 4
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Do not turn to the right or to the left;
Turn your foot away from evil.
