Proverbs:4 Parallel Bible - YLT ASV |
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| | The Young's Literal Translation Online Bible (YLT) | The American Standard Version Online Bible (ASV) |
| Proverbs 4:1 | Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding. | Hear, [my] sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding: |
| Proverbs 4:2 | For good learning I have given to you, My law forsake not. | For I give you good doctrine; Forsake ye not my law. |
| Proverbs 4:3 | For, a son I have been to my father tender, And an only one before my mother. | For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. |
| Proverbs 4:4 | And he directeth me, and he saith to me: `Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live. | And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live; |
| Proverbs 4:5 | Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth. | Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth; |
| Proverbs 4:6 | Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee. | Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee. |
| Proverbs 4:7 | The first thing [is] wisdom get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding. | Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding. |
| Proverbs 4:8 | Exalt her, and she doth lift thee up, She honoureth thee, when thou dost embrace her. | Exalt her, and she will promote thee; She will bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her. |
| Proverbs 4:9 | She giveth to thy head a wreath of grace, A crown of beauty she doth give thee freely. | She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; A crown of beauty will she deliver to thee. |
| Proverbs 4:10 | Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life [are] multiplied to thee. | Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of thy life shall be many. |
| Proverbs 4:11 | In a way of wisdom I have directed thee, I have caused thee to tread in paths of uprightness. | I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness. |
| Proverbs 4:12 | In thy walking thy step is not straitened, And if thou runnest, thou stumblest not. | When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; And if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. |
| Proverbs 4:13 | Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she [is] thy life. | Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: Keep her; for she is thy life. |
| Proverbs 4:14 | Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers. | Enter not into the path of the wicked, And walk not in the way of evil men. |
| Proverbs 4:15 | Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on. | Avoid it, pass not by it; Turn from it, and pass on. |
| Proverbs 4:16 | For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not [some] to stumble. | For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. |
| Proverbs 4:17 | For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink. | For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence. |
| Proverbs 4:18 | And the path of the righteous [is] as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established, | But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day. |
| Proverbs 4:19 | The way of the wicked [is] as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble. | The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble. |
| Proverbs 4:20 | My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear, | My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings. |
| Proverbs 4:21 | Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart. | Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart. |
| Proverbs 4:22 | For life they [are] to those finding them, And to all their flesh healing. | For they are life unto those that find them, And health to all their flesh. |
| Proverbs 4:23 | Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it [are] the outgoings of life. | Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life. |
| Proverbs 4:24 | Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee, | Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee. |
| Proverbs 4:25 | Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee. | Let thine eyes look right on, And let thine eyelids look straight before thee. |
| Proverbs 4:26 | Ponder thou the path of thy feet, And all thy ways [are] established. | Make level the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established. |
| Proverbs 4:27 | Incline not [to] the right or to the left, Turn aside thy foot from evil! | Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil. |
| | The Young's Literal Translation Online Bible (YLT) | The American Standard Version Online Bible (ASV) |
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