Proverbs 4 — DBY
4Verse 1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know intelligence;Verse 2for I give you good doctrine: forsake ye not my law.Verse 3For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.Verse 4And he taught me, and said unto me, Let thy heart retain my words; keep my commandments and live.Verse 5Get wisdom, get intelligence: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.Verse 6Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee; love her, and she shall preserve thee.Verse 7The beginning of wisdom [is], Get wisdom; and with all thy getting get intelligence.Verse 8Exalt her, and she shall promote thee; she shall bring thee to honour when thou dost embrace her.Verse 9She shall give to thy head a garland of grace; a crown of glory will she bestow upon thee.Verse 10Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and the years of thy life shall be multiplied.Verse 11I will teach thee in the way of wisdom, I will lead thee in paths of uprightness.Verse 12When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.Verse 13Take fast hold of instruction, let [her] not go: keep her, for she is thy life.Verse 14Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil [men]:Verse 15avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass away.Verse 16For they sleep not except they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away unless they have caused [some] to fall.Verse 17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.Verse 18But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, going on and brightening until the day be fully come.Verse 19The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.Verse 20My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.Verse 21Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart.Verse 22For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.Verse 23Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life.Verse 24Put away from thee perverseness of mouth, and corrupt lips put far from thee.Verse 25Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.Verse 26Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be well-ordered.Verse 27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.