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Proverbs 4:11-18

11I have 1instructedH3384 you in the wayH1870 of wisdomH2451; I have ledH1869 you in uprightH3476 pathsH4570.12When you walkH1980, your 2stepsH6806 will not be hamperedH6887; And ifH518 you runH7323, you 3will not stumbleH3782.134TakeH2388 holdH2388 of instructionH4148; do not letH7503 goH7503. GuardH5341 her, for she is your 5lifeH2425.146Do not enterH935 the pathH734 of the wickedH7563 And do not proceedH833 in the wayH1870 of evilH7451 peopleH7451.15AvoidH6544 it, do not passH5674 by it; TurnH7847 awayH7847 from it and passH5674 onH5674.16For they 7cannotH3808 sleepH3462 unlessH518H3808 they doH7489 evilH7489; And 8they are robbedH1497 of sleepH8142 unlessH518H3808 they make someone stumbleH3782.17For they 9eatH3898 the breadH3899 of wickednessH7562, And drinkH8354 the wineH3196 of violenceH2555.18But the 10pathH734 of the righteousH6662 is like the 11lightH216 of dawnH5051 That 12shinesH215 brighterH1980 and brighterH1980 untilH5704 the 13fullH3559 dayH3117.

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Notes

  1. 1. Proverbs 4:11 1 Sam 12:23 ↩
  2. 2. Proverbs 4:12 Job 18:7; Ps 18:36 ↩
  3. 3. Proverbs 4:12 Ps 91:11; Prov 3:23 ↩
  4. 4. Proverbs 4:13 Prov 3:18 ↩
  5. 5. Proverbs 4:13 Prov 3:22; John 6:63 ↩
  6. 6. Proverbs 4:14 Ps 1:1; Prov 1:15 ↩
  7. 7. Proverbs 4:16 Ps 36:4; Mic 2:1 ↩
  8. 8. Proverbs 4:16 Lit their sleep is robbed ↩
  9. 9. Proverbs 4:17 Prov 13:2 ↩
  10. 10. Proverbs 4:18 Is 26:7; Matt 5:14; Phil 2:15 ↩
  11. 11. Proverbs 4:18 2 Sam 23:4 ↩
  12. 12. Proverbs 4:18 Dan 12:3 ↩
  13. 13. Proverbs 4:18 Job 11:17 ↩

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