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Proverbs 4

New American Standard Bible 1995

A Father’s Instruction

1HearH8085, O sonsH1121, the 1instructionH4148 of a fatherH1, And 2giveH7181 attentionH7181 that you may 3gainH3045 understandingH998,2For I giveH5414 you 4soundH2896 5teachingH3948; 6Do not abandonH5800 my 7instructionH8451.3WhenH3588 I was a sonH1121 to my fatherH1, 8TenderH7390 and 9the onlyH3173 sonH3173 in the sightH6440 of my motherH517,4Then he 10taughtH3384 me and saidH559 to me, “Let your heartH3820 11holdH8551 fastH8551 my wordsH1697; 12KeepH8104 my commandmentsH4687 and liveH2421;513AcquireH7069 wisdomH2451! 14AcquireH7069 understandingH998! Do not forgetH7911 norH408 turnH5186 awayH5186 from the wordsH561 of my mouthH6310.6Do not forsakeH5800 her, and she will guardH8104 you; 15LoveH157 her, and she will watchH5341 over you.716The 17beginningH7225 of wisdomH2451 is: 18AcquireH7069 wisdomH2451; And with allH3605 your acquiringH7075, getH7069 understandingH998.819PrizeH5549 her, and she will exaltH7311 you; She will honorH3513 you ifH3588 you embraceH2263 her.9She will placeH5414 20on your headH7218 a garlandH3880 of graceH2580; She will presentH4042 you with a crownH5850 of beautyH8597.”

10HearH8085, my sonH1121, and 21acceptH3947 my sayingsH561 And the 22yearsH8141 of your lifeH2425 will be manyH7235.11I have 23directedH3384 you in the wayH1870 of wisdomH2451; I have ledH1869 you in uprightH3476 pathsH4570.12When you walkH1980, your 24stepsH6806 will not be impededH6887; And ifH518 you runH7323, you 25will not stumbleH3782.1326TakeH2388 holdH2388 of instructionH4148; do not letH7503 goH7503. GuardH5341 her, for she is your 27lifeH2425.1428Do not enterH935 the pathH734 of the wickedH7563 And do not proceedH833 in the wayH1870 of evilH7451 menH7451.15AvoidH6544 it, do not passH5674 by it; TurnH7847 awayH7847 from it and passH5674 on.16For they 29cannotH3808 sleepH3462 unlessH518H3808 they doH7489 evilH7489; And 30they are robbedH1497 of sleepH8142 unlessH518H3808 they make someone stumbleH3782.17For they 31eatH3898 the breadH3899 of wickednessH7562 And drinkH8354 the wineH3196 of violenceH2555.18But the 32pathH734 of the righteousH6662 is like the 33lightH216 of dawnH5051, That 34shinesH215 brighterH1980 and brighterH1980 untilH5704 the 35fullH3559 dayH3117.19The 36wayH1870 of the wickedH7563 is like darknessH653; They do not knowH3045 over whatH4100 they 3738stumbleH3782.

20My sonH1121, 39giveH7181 attentionH7181 to my wordsH561; 40InclineH5186 your earH241 to my sayingsH561.2141Do not let them departH3868 from your sightH5869; 42KeepH8104 them in the midstH8432 of your heartH3824.22For they are 43lifeH2425 to those who findH4672 them And 44healthH4832 to allH3605 45their bodyH1320.23WatchH5341 over your heartH3820 with allH3605 diligenceH4929, For 46from it flow the springsH8444 of lifeH2425.24PutH5493 awayH5493 from you a 47deceitfulH6143 mouthH6310 And 48putH7368 deviousH3891 49speechH8193 farH7368 from you.25Let your eyesH5869 lookH5027 directlyH5227 aheadH5227 And let your 50gazeH6079 be fixedH3474 straightH3474 in frontH5048 of you.2651WatchH6424 the pathH4570 of your feetH7272 And allH3605 your 52waysH1870 will be establishedH3559.2753Do not turnH5186 to the rightH3225 norH408 to the leftH8040; 54TurnH5493 your footH7272 from evilH7451.

Notes

  1. 1. Proverbs 4:1 Ps 34:11; Prov 1:8 ↩
  2. 2. Proverbs 4:1 Prov 1:2; 2:2 ↩
  3. 3. Proverbs 4:1 Lit know ↩
  4. 4. Proverbs 4:2 Lit good ↩
  5. 5. Proverbs 4:2 Deut 32:2; Job 11:4 ↩
  6. 6. Proverbs 4:2 Ps 89:30; 119:87; Prov 3:1 ↩
  7. 7. Proverbs 4:2 Or law ↩
  8. 8. Proverbs 4:3 1 Chr 22:5; 29:1 ↩
  9. 9. Proverbs 4:3 Zech 12:10 ↩
  10. 10. Proverbs 4:4 Eph 6:4 ↩
  11. 11. Proverbs 4:4 Ps 119:168 ↩
  12. 12. Proverbs 4:4 Prov 7:2 ↩
  13. 13. Proverbs 4:5 Prov 4:7 ↩
  14. 14. Proverbs 4:5 Prov 16:16 ↩
  15. 15. Proverbs 4:6 2 Thess 2:10 ↩
  16. 16. Proverbs 4:7 Prov 8:23 ↩
  17. 17. Proverbs 4:7 Or the primary thing is wisdom ↩
  18. 18. Proverbs 4:7 Prov 23:23 ↩
  19. 19. Proverbs 4:8 1 Sam 2:30 ↩
  20. 20. Proverbs 4:9 Prov 1:9 ↩
  21. 21. Proverbs 4:10 Prov 2:1 ↩
  22. 22. Proverbs 4:10 Prov 3:2 ↩
  23. 23. Proverbs 4:11 1 Sam 12:23 ↩
  24. 24. Proverbs 4:12 Job 18:7; Ps 18:36 ↩
  25. 25. Proverbs 4:12 Ps 91:11; Prov 3:23 ↩
  26. 26. Proverbs 4:13 Prov 3:18 ↩
  27. 27. Proverbs 4:13 Prov 3:22; John 6:63 ↩
  28. 28. Proverbs 4:14 Ps 1:1; Prov 1:15 ↩
  29. 29. Proverbs 4:16 Ps 36:4; Mic 2:1 ↩
  30. 30. Proverbs 4:16 Lit their sleep is robbed ↩
  31. 31. Proverbs 4:17 Prov 13:2 ↩
  32. 32. Proverbs 4:18 Is 26:7; Matt 5:14; Phil 2:15 ↩
  33. 33. Proverbs 4:18 2 Sam 23:4 ↩
  34. 34. Proverbs 4:18 Dan 12:3 ↩
  35. 35. Proverbs 4:18 Job 11:17 ↩
  36. 36. Proverbs 4:19 Job 18:5, 6; Prov 2:13; Is 59:9, 10; Jer 23:12; John 12:35 ↩
  37. 37. Proverbs 4:19 Or may stumble ↩
  38. 38. Proverbs 4:19 John 11:10 ↩
  39. 39. Proverbs 4:20 Prov 5:1 ↩
  40. 40. Proverbs 4:20 Prov 2:2 ↩
  41. 41. Proverbs 4:21 Prov 3:21 ↩
  42. 42. Proverbs 4:21 Prov 7:1, 2 ↩
  43. 43. Proverbs 4:22 Prov 3:22 ↩
  44. 44. Proverbs 4:22 Prov 3:8; 12:18 ↩
  45. 45. Proverbs 4:22 Lit his ↩
  46. 46. Proverbs 4:23 Matt 12:34; 15:18, 19; Mark 7:21; Luke 6:45 ↩
  47. 47. Proverbs 4:24 Prov 6:12; 10:32 ↩
  48. 48. Proverbs 4:24 Prov 19:1 ↩
  49. 49. Proverbs 4:24 Or lips ↩
  50. 50. Proverbs 4:25 Or eyelids ↩
  51. 51. Proverbs 4:26 Prov 5:21; Heb 12:13 ↩
  52. 52. Proverbs 4:26 Ps 119:5 ↩
  53. 53. Proverbs 4:27 Deut 5:32; 28:14 ↩
  54. 54. Proverbs 4:27 Prov 1:15; Is 1:16 ↩

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