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| Proverbs 4:1 | 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: |
| Proverbs 4:2 | 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. |
| Proverbs 4:3 | 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. |
| Proverbs 4:4 | 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: |
| Proverbs 4:5 | 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. |
| Proverbs 4:6 | 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. |
| Proverbs 4:7 | 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. |
| Proverbs 4:8 | 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. |
| Proverbs 4:9 | 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. |
| Proverbs 4:10 | 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. |
| Proverbs 4:11 | 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. |
| Proverbs 4:12 | 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. |
| Proverbs 4:13 | 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. |
| Proverbs 4:14 | 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. |
| Proverbs 4:15 | 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. |
| Proverbs 4:16 | 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. |
| Proverbs 4:17 | 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. |
| Proverbs 4:18 | 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. |
| Proverbs 4:19 | 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. |
| Proverbs 4:20 | 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. |
| Proverbs 4:21 | 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. |
| Proverbs 4:22 | 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. |
| Proverbs 4:23 | 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. |
| Proverbs 4:24 | 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. |
| Proverbs 4:25 | 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. |
| Proverbs 4:26 | 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. |
| Proverbs 4:27 | 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. |
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