Proverbs 4

1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know intelligence;

1Hear, mysons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:

1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend, that you may know prudence.

2for I give you good doctrine: forsake ye not my law.

2For I give you good doctrine; Forsake ye not my law.

2I will give you a good gift, forsake not my law.

3For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.

3For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

3For I also was my father's son, tender, and as an only son in the sight of my mother:

4And he taught me, and said unto me, Let thy heart retain my words; keep my commandments and live.

4And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live;

4And he taught me, and said: Let thy heart receive my words, keep my commandments, and thou shalt live.

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

5Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;

5Get wisdom, get prudence: forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth.

6Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee; love her, and she shall preserve thee.

6Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee.

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

7The beginning of wisdom [is], Get wisdom; and with all thy getting get intelligence.

7Wisdomisthe principal thing; therefore get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding.

7The beginning of wisdom, get wisdom, and with all thy possession purchase prudence.

8Exalt her, and she shall promote thee; she shall bring thee to honour when thou dost embrace her.

8Exalt her, and she will promote thee; She will bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.

8Take hold on her, and she shall exalt thee: thou shalt be glorified by her, when thou shalt embrace her.

9She shall give to thy head a garland of grace; a crown of glory will she bestow upon thee.

9She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; A crown of beauty will she deliver to thee.

9She shall give to thy head increase of graces, and protect thee with a noble crown.

10Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and the years of thy life shall be multiplied.

10Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of thy life shall be many.

10Hear, O my son, and receive my words, that years of life may be multiplied to thee.

11I will teach thee in the way of wisdom, I will lead thee in paths of uprightness.

11I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness.

11I will shew thee the way of wisdom, I will lead thee by the paths of equity:

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

12When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; And if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

12Which when thou shalt have entered, thy steps shall not be straitened, and when thou runnest, thou shalt not meet a stumblingblock.

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

13Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: Keep her; for she is thy life.

13Take hold on instruction, leave it not: keep it, because it is thy life.

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

14Enter not into the path of the wicked, And walk not in the way of evil men.

14Be not delighted in the paths of the wicked, neither let the way of evil men please thee.

15avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass away.

15Avoid it, pass not by it; Turn from it, and pass on.

15Flee from it, pass not by it: go aside, and forsake it.

16For they sleep not except they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away unless they have caused [some] to fall.

16For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

16For they sleep not, except they have done evil: and their sleep is taken away unless they have made some to fall.

17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

17For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.

17They eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of iniquity.

18But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, going on and brightening until the day be fully come.

18But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

18But the path of the just, as a shining light, goeth forwards, and increaseth even to perfect day.

19The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

19The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.

19The way of the wicked is darksome: they know not where they fall.

20My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

20My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings.

20My son, hearken to my words, and incline thy ear to my sayings.

21Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart.

21Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart.

21Let them not depart from thy eyes, keep them in the midst of thy heart:

22For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

22For they are life unto those that find them, And health to all their flesh.

22For they are life to those that find them, and health to all flesh.

23Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life.

23Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.

23With all watchfulness keep thy heart, because life issueth out from it.

24Put away from thee perverseness of mouth, and corrupt lips put far from thee.

24Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.

24Remove from thee a froward mouth, and let detracting lips be far from thee.

25Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

25Let thine eyes look right on, And let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

25Let thy eyes look straight on, and let thy eyelids go before thy steps.

26Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be well-ordered.

26Make level the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established.

26Make straight the path for thy feet, and all thy ways shall be established.

27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.

27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil.

27Decline not to the right hand, nor to the left: turn away thy foot from evil. For the Lord knoweth the ways that are on the right hand: but those are perverse which are on the left hand. But he will make thy courses straight, he will bring forward thy ways in peace.