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New American Standard Bible 2020

Proverbs 4

A Father’s Instruction

1Listen, my sons, to the 1instruction of a father, And 2pay attention so that you may 3gain understanding,2For I give you good 4teaching; 5Do not abandon my 6instruction.3When I was a son to my father, 7Tender and 8the only son in the sight of my mother,4He 9taught me and said to me, “Let your heart 10take hold of my words; 11Keep my commandments and live;512Acquire wisdom! 13Acquire understanding! Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.6Do not abandon her, and she will guard you; 14Love her, and she will watch over you.715The 16beginning of wisdom is: 17Acquire wisdom; And with all your possessions, acquire understanding.818Prize her, and she will exalt you; She will honor you if you embrace her.9She will place 19on your head a garland of grace; She will present you with a crown of beauty.”

10Listen, my son, and 20accept my sayings, And the 21years of your life will be many.11I have 22instructed you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in upright paths.12When you walk, your 23steps will not be hampered; And if you run, you 24will not stumble.1325Take hold of instruction; do not let go. Guard her, for she is your 26life.1427Do not enter the path of the wicked And do not proceed in the way of evil people.15Avoid it, do not pass by it; Turn away from it and pass on.16For they 28cannot sleep unless they do evil; And 29they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.17For they 30eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.18But the 31path of the righteous is like the 32light of dawn That 33shines brighter and brighter until the 34full day.19The 35way of the wicked is like darkness; They do not know over what they 3637stumble.

20My son, 38pay attention to my words; 39Incline your ear to my sayings.2140They are not to escape from your sight; 41Keep them in the midst of your heart.22For they are 42life to those who find them, And 43healing to all 44their body.23Watch over your heart with all diligence, For 45from it flow the springs of life.24Rid yourself of a 46deceitful mouth And 47keep devious 48speech far from you.25Let your eyes look directly ahead And let your 49gaze be fixed straight in front of you.265051Watch the path of your feet, And all your 52ways will be established.2753Do not turn to the right or to the left; 54Turn your foot from evil.

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