Proverbs 4

1HearH8085, ye children, the instruction of a fatherH1, and attend to knowH3045 intelligence; 2for I giveH5414 you goodH2896 doctrine: forsakeH5800 ye not my lawH8451. 3For I wasH1961 a sonH1121 unto my fatherH1, tenderH7390 and an onlyH3173 one 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 intelligence: forgetH7911 [it] not; neither decline from the wordsH561 of my mouthH6310. 6ForsakeH5800 her not, and she shall keepH8104 thee; loveH157 her, and she shall preserveH5341 thee. 7The beginning of wisdomH2451 [is], Get wisdomH2451; and with all thy getting get intelligence. 8ExaltH7311 her, and she shall promote thee; she shall bring thee to honour when thou dost embraceH2263 her. 9She shall giveH5414 to thy headH7218 a garland of graceH2580; a crownH5850 of gloryH8597 will she bestow upon thee. 10HearH8085, my sonH1121, and receiveH3947 my sayings, and the yearsH8141 of thy lifeH2416 shall be multipliedH7235. 11I will teachH3384 thee in the wayH1870 of wisdomH2451, I will leadH1869 thee in paths of uprightnessH3476. 12When thou goest, thy stepsH6806 shall not be straitened; and when 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 goH935 not in the wayH1870 of evilH7451 [men]: 15avoid it, passH5674 not by it; turnH7847 from it, and passH5674 away. 16For they sleepH8142 not except they have done mischief, and their sleepH8142 is taken awayH1497 unless they have caused [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 shining lightH216, goingH1980 on and brightening until the dayH3117 be fully comeH1980. 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 moreH4480 than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of lifeH2416. 24Put awayH5493 from thee perverseness of mouthH6310, and corrupt lipsH8193 put farH7368 from thee. 25Let thine eyesH5869 lookH5027 right on, and let thine eyelidsH6079 lookH5027 straightH3474 before thee. 26Ponder the path of thy feetH7272, and let all thy waysH1870 be well-ordered. 27TurnH5493 not to the rightH3225 handH3225 nor to the left; removeH5493 thy footH7272 from evilH7451.