Chapter:

The Proverbs

Chapter 4

American Standard Version

Pr 4:1	Hear, my sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:
Pr 4:2	For I give you good doctrine; Forsake ye not my law.
Pr 4:3	For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
Pr 4:4	And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live;
Pr 4:5	Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;
Pr 4:6	Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee.
Pr 4:7	Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding.
Pr 4:8	Exalt her, and she will promote thee; She will bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.
Pr 4:9	She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; A crown of beauty will she deliver to thee.
Pr 4:10	Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of thy life shall be many.
Pr 4:11	I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness.
Pr 4:12	When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; And if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
Pr 4:13	Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: Keep her; for she is thy life.
Pr 4:14	Enter not into the path of the wicked, And walk not in the way of evil men.
Pr 4:15	Avoid it, pass not by it; Turn from it, and pass on.
Pr 4:16	For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
Pr 4:17	For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.
Pr 4:18	But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Pr 4:19	The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.
Pr 4:20	My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Pr 4:21	Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart.
Pr 4:22	For they are life unto those that find them, And health to all their flesh.
Pr 4:23	Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.
Pr 4:24	Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.
Pr 4:25	Let thine eyes look right on, And let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Pr 4:26	Make level the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established.
Pr 4:27	Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil.