| 4 | Proverbs | ||
| 1 | Hear, O sons, a father's instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight; | The benefits of wisdom. Pr.4.1-27 | |
| 2 | for I give you good precepts: do not forsake my teaching. | ||
| 3 | When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother, | ||
| 4 | he taught me, and said to me, "Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live; | ||
| 5 | do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. Get wisdom; get insight. | ||
| 6 | Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; love her, and she will guard you. | ||
| 7 | The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight. | ||
| 8 | Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; she will honour you if you embrace her. | ||
| 9 | She will place on your head a fair garland; she will bestow on you a beautiful crown." | ||
| 10 | Hear, my son, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many. | ||
| 11 | I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness. | ||
| 12 | When you walk, your step will not be hampered; and if you run, you will not stumble. | ||
| 13 | Keep hold of instruction, do not let go; guard her, for she is your life. | ||
| 14 | Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of evil men. | ||
| 15 | Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on. | ||
| 16 | For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made some one stumble. | ||
| 17 | For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence. | ||
| 18 | But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day. | ||
| 19 | The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble. | ||
| 20 | My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. | ||
| 21 | Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart. | ||
| 22 | For they are life to him who finds them, and healing to all his flesh. | ||
| 23 | Keep your heart with all vigilance; for from it flow the springs of life. | ||
| 24 | Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you. | ||
| 25 | Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. | ||
| 26 | Take heed to the path of your feet, then all your ways will be sure. | ||
| 27 | Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil. | ||
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