Proverbs 4

1HearH8085, mysonsH1121, the instruction of a fatherH1, And attend to knowH3045 understandingH998:2For I giveH5414 you goodH2896 doctrine; ForsakeH5800 ye not my lawH8451.3For I wasH1961 a sonH1121 unto my fatherH1, TenderH7390 and onlyH3173 beloved in the sight of my motherH517.4And he taughtH3384 me, and saidH559 unto me: Let thy heartH3820 retain my wordsH1697; KeepH8104 my commandmentsH4687, and liveH2421;5Get wisdomH2451, get understandingH998; ForgetH7911 not, neither decline from the wordsH561 of my mouthH6310;6ForsakeH5800 her not, and she will preserveH5341 thee; LoveH157 her, and she will keepH8104 thee.7WisdomH2451isthe principal thing; therefore get wisdomH2451; Yea, with all thy getting get understandingH998.8ExaltH7311 her, and she will promote thee; She will bring thee to honorH3513, when thou dost embraceH2263 her.9She will giveH5414 to thy headH7218 a chaplet of graceH2580; A crownH5850 of beautyH8597 will she deliver to thee.10HearH8085, O my sonH1121, and receiveH3947 my sayings; And the yearsH8141 of thy lifeH2416 shall be manyH7235.11I have taughtH3384 thee in the wayH1870 of wisdomH2451; I have ledH1869 thee in paths of uprightnessH3476.12When thou goest, thy stepsH6806 shall not be straitened; And if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumbleH3782.13TakeH2388 fast holdH2388 of instruction; let her not goH7503: KeepH5341 her; for she is thy lifeH2416.14Enter not into the pathH734 of the wickedH7563, And walk not in the wayH1870 of evilH7451 men.15Avoid it, passH5674 not by it; TurnH7847 from it, and passH5674 on.16For they sleepH8142 not, except they do evilH7489; And their sleepH8142 is taken awayH1497, unless they cause some to fall.17For they eatH3898 the breadH3899 of wickednessH7562, And drinkH8354 the wineH3196 of violenceH2555.18But the pathH734 of the righteousH6662 is as the dawning lightH216, That shineth more and more unto the perfect dayH3117.19The wayH1870 of the wickedH7563 is as darknessH653: They knowH3045 not at what they stumbleH3782.20My sonH1121, attend to my wordsH1697; InclineH5186 thine earH241 unto my sayings.21Let them not departH3868 from thine eyesH5869; KeepH8104 them in the midstH8432 of thy heartH3824.22For they are lifeH2416 unto those that findH4672 them, And health to all their fleshH1320.23KeepH5341 thy heartH3820 with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of lifeH2416.24Put awayH5493 from thee a wayward mouthH6310, And perverse lipsH8193 put farH7368 from thee.25Let thine eyesH5869 lookH5027 right on, And let thine eyelidsH6079 lookH5027 straightH3474 before thee.26Make levelH6424 the path of thy feetH7272, And let all thy waysH1870 be establishedH3559.27TurnH5493 not to the rightH3225 handH3225 nor to the left: RemoveH5493 thy footH7272 from evilH7451.