Proverbs 4
1 Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:
Listen to O children [the] correction of a father and be attentive to know understanding.
2 For I give you good teaching; do not give up the knowledge you are getting from me.
For instruction good I give to you instruction my may not you neglect.
3 For I was a son to my father, a gentle and an only one to my mother.
If a son I was of father my tender and only [child] before mother my.
4 And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life:
And he taught me and he said to me let it hold fast to words my heart your keep commandments my and live.
5 Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.
Acquire wisdom acquire understanding may not you forget and may not you turn aside from [the] utterances of mouth my.
6 Do not give her up, and she will keep you; give her your love, and she will make you safe.
May not you abandon her and she will keep you love her and she will guard you.
7 The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.
[is] first Wisdom acquire wisdom and by all acquisition your acquire understanding.
8 Put her in a high place, and you will be lifted up by her; she will give you honour, when you give her your love.
Esteem her and she will exalt you she will honor you if you will embrace her.
9 She will put a crown of grace on your head, giving you a head-dress of glory.
She will put to head your a wreath of grace a crown of beauty she will give you.
10 Give ear, O my son, and let your heart be open to my sayings; and long life will be yours.
Listen O son my and receive words my so they may increase for you years of life.
11 I have given you teaching in the way of wisdom, guiding your steps in the straight way.
[the] way of Wisdom I taught you I led you in tracks of uprightness.
12 When you go, your way will not be narrow, and in running you will not have a fall.
When walking you not anyone will hinder step[s] your and if you will run not you will stumble.
13 Take learning in your hands, do not let her go: keep her, for she is your life.
Take hold on discipline may not you let go keep her for she [is] life your.
14 Do not go in the road of sinners, or be walking in the way of evil men.
In [the] path of wicked [people] may not you go and may not you advance in [the] way of evil [people].
15 Keep far from it, do not go near; be turned from it, and go on your way.
Avoid it may not you pass along on it turn aside from on it and pass on.
16 For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall.
For not they will sleep if not they do harm and it is taken away sleep their if not (they bring injury. *Q(K)*)
17 The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink.
For they eat [the] bread of wickedness and [the] wine of violence they drink.
18 But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.
And [the] path of righteous [people] [is] like a light of brightness [which] goes and [which] shines until [the] established [part] of the day.
19 The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.
[the] way of Wicked [people] [is] like darkness not they know on what? are they stumbling.
20 My son, give attention to my words; let your ear be turned to my sayings.
O son my to words my be attentive! to utterances my incline ear your.
21 Let them not go from your eyes; keep them deep in your heart.
Do not let them depart from eyes your keep them in [the] midst of heart your.
22 For they are life to him who gets them, and strength to all his flesh.
For [are] life they to [those who] find them and to all flesh his health.
23 And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.
More than all guarding guard heart your for [are] from it [the] sources of life.
24 Put away from you an evil tongue, and let false lips be far from you.
Remove from yourself crookedness of mouth and deviousness of lips put far away from yourself.
25 Keep your eyes on what is in front of you, looking straight before you.
Eyes your before let them look and eyelids your let them look straight before you.
26 Keep a watch on your behaviour; let all your ways be rightly ordered.
Make level [the] track of foot your and all ways your let them be steadfast.
27 Let there be no turning to the right or to the left, keep your feet from evil.
May not you turn aside right and left turn aside foot your from evil.
