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| Proverbs 4:1 | Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. | Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know understanding; | Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge: | Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding. |
| Proverbs 4:2 | For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. | For I give you sound learning. Don't forsake my law. | For I give you good teaching; do not give up the knowledge you are getting from me. | For good learning I have given to you, My law forsake not. |
| Proverbs 4:3 | For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. | For I was a son to my father, Tender and an only child in the sight of my mother. | For I was a son to my father, a gentle and an only one to my mother. | For, a son I have been to my father tender, And an only one before my mother. |
| Proverbs 4:4 | He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. | He taught me, and said to me: "Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live. | And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life: | And he directeth me, and he saith to me: `Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live. |
| Proverbs 4:5 | Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. | Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth. | Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth. | Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth. |
| Proverbs 4:6 | Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. | Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you. | Do not give her up, and she will keep you; give her your love, and she will make you safe. | Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee. |
| Proverbs 4:7 | Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. | Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding. | The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge. | The first thing [is] wisdom get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding. |
| Proverbs 4:8 | Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. | Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her. | Put her in a high place, and you will be lifted up by her; she will give you honour, when you give her your love. | Exalt her, and she doth lift thee up, She honoureth thee, when thou dost embrace her. |
| Proverbs 4:9 | She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. | She will give to your head a garland of grace. A crown of splendor will she deliver to you." | She will put a crown of grace on your head, giving you a head-dress of glory. | She giveth to thy head a wreath of grace, A crown of beauty she doth give thee freely. |
| Proverbs 4:10 | Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. | Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many. | Give ear, O my son, and let your heart be open to my sayings; and long life will be yours. | Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life [are] multiplied to thee. |
| Proverbs 4:11 | I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. | I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in paths of uprightness. | I have given you teaching in the way of wisdom, guiding your steps in the straight way. | In a way of wisdom I have directed thee, I have caused thee to tread in paths of uprightness. |
| Proverbs 4:12 | When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. | When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble. | When you go, your way will not be narrow, and in running you will not have a fall. | In thy walking thy step is not straitened, And if thou runnest, thou stumblest not. |
| Proverbs 4:13 | Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life. | Take firm hold of instruction. Don't let her go. Keep her, for she is your life. | Take learning in your hands, do not let her go: keep her, for she is your life. | Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she [is] thy life. |
| Proverbs 4:14 | Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. | Don't enter into the path of the wicked. Don't walk in the way of evil men. | Do not go in the road of sinners, or be walking in the way of evil men. | Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers. |
| Proverbs 4:15 | Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. | Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on. | Keep far from it, do not go near; be turned from it, and go on your way. | Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on. |
| Proverbs 4:16 | For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. | For they don't sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall. | For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall. | For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not [some] to stumble. |
| Proverbs 4:17 | For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. | For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence. | The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink. | For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink. |
| Proverbs 4:18 | But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. | But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, That shines more and more until the perfect day. | But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day. | And the path of the righteous [is] as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established, |
| Proverbs 4:19 | The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. | The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over. | The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall. | The way of the wicked [is] as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble. |
| Proverbs 4:20 | My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. | My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings. | My son, give attention to my words; let your ear be turned to my sayings. | My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear, |
| Proverbs 4:21 | Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. | Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart. | Let them not go from your eyes; keep them deep in your heart. | Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart. |
| Proverbs 4:22 | For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. | For they are life to those who find them, And health to their whole body. | For they are life to him who gets them, and strength to all his flesh. | For life they [are] to those finding them, And to all their flesh healing. |
| Proverbs 4:23 | Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. | Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it is the wellspring of life. | And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life. | Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it [are] the outgoings of life. |
| Proverbs 4:24 | Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. | Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you. | Put away from you an evil tongue, and let false lips be far from you. | Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee, |
| Proverbs 4:25 | Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. | Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you. | Keep your eyes on what is in front of you, looking straight before you. | Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee. |
| Proverbs 4:26 | Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. | Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established. | Keep a watch on your behaviour; let all your ways be rightly ordered. | Ponder thou the path of thy feet, And all thy ways [are] established. |
| Proverbs 4:27 | Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil. | Don't turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil. | Let there be no turning to the right or to the left, keep your feet from evil. | Incline not [to] the right or to the left, Turn aside thy foot from evil! |
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