PRO-4:1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and 
attend to know understanding.



PRO-4:2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.



PRO-4:3 For I was my father's son, tender and only [beloved] in 
the sight of my mother.



PRO-4:4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart 
retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.



PRO-4:5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget [it] not; neither 
decline from the words of my mouth.



PRO-4:6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, 
and she shall keep thee.



PRO-4:7 Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom: 
and with all thy getting get understanding.



PRO-4:8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring 
thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.



PRO-4:9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a 
crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.



PRO-4:10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years 
of thy life shall be many.



PRO-4:11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led 
thee in right paths.



PRO-4:12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and 
when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.



PRO-4:13 Take fast hold of instruction; let [her] not go: keep 
her; for she [is] thy life.



PRO-4:14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in 
the way of evil [men].



PRO-4:15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.



PRO-4:16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and 
their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.



PRO-4:17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the 
wine of violence.





PRO-4:18 But the path of the just [is] as the shining light, 
that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.



PRO-4:19 The way of the wicked [is] as darkness: they know not 
at what they stumble.



PRO-4:20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my 
sayings.



PRO-4:21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the 
midst of thine heart.



PRO-4:22 For they [are] life unto those that find them, and 
health to all their flesh.



PRO-4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it [are] 
the issues of life.



PRO-4:24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips 
put far from thee.



PRO-4:25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids 
look straight before thee.



PRO-4:26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be 
established.



PRO-4:27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy 
foot from evil.





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