Proverbs 4
1 Heare, O ye children, the instruction of a father, and giue eare to learne vnderstanding.
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know intelligence;
2 For I doe giue you a good doctrine: therefore forsake yee not my lawe.
for I give you good doctrine: forsake ye not my law.
3 For I was my fathers sonne, tender and deare in the sight of my mother,
For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.
4 When he taught me, and sayde vnto me, Let thine heart holde fast my woordes: keepe my commandements, and thou shalt liue.
And he taught me, and said unto me, Let thy heart retain my words; keep my commandments and live.
5 Get wisedom: get vnderstading: forget not, neither decline from the woordes of my mouth.
Get wisdom, get intelligence: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
6 Forsake her not, and shee shall keepe thee: loue her and shee shall preserue thee.
Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee; love her, and she shall preserve thee.
7 Wisedome is the beginning: get wisedome therefore: and aboue all thy possession get vnderstanding.
The beginning of wisdom [is], Get wisdom; and with all thy getting get intelligence.
8 Exalt her, and she shall exalt thee: she shall bring thee to honour, if thou embrace her.
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee; she shall bring thee to honour when thou dost embrace her.
9 She shall giue a comely ornamet vnto thine head, yea, she shall giue thee a crowne of glorie.
She shall give to thy head a garland of grace; a crown of glory will she bestow upon thee.
10 Heare, my sonne, and receiue my wordes, and the yeeres of thy life shalbe many.
Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and the years of thy life shall be multiplied.
11 I haue taught thee in ye way of wisedom, and led thee in the pathes of righteousnesse.
I will teach thee in the way of wisdom, I will lead thee in paths of uprightness.
12 Whe thou goest, thy gate shall not be strait, and when thou runnest, thou shalt not fall.
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
13 Take holde of instruction, and leaue not: keepe her, for shee is thy life.
Take fast hold of instruction, let [her] not go: keep her, for she is thy life.
14 Enter not into the way of the wicked, and walke not in the way of euill men.
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil [men]:
15 Auoide it, and goe not by it: turne from it, and passe by.
avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass away.
16 For they can not sleepe, except they haue done euill, and their sleepe departeth except they cause some to fall.
For they sleep not except they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away unless they have caused [some] to fall.
17 For they eate the breade of wickednesse, and drinke the wine of violence.
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
18 But the way of the righteous shineth as the light, that shineth more and more vnto the perfite day.
But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, going on and brightening until the day be fully come.
19 The way of the wicked is as the darkenes: they knowe not wherein they shall fall.
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
20 My sonne, hearken vnto my wordes, incline thine eare vnto my sayings.
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
21 Let them not depart from thine eyes, but keepe them in the middes of thine heart.
Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart.
22 For they are life vnto those that find them, and health vnto all their flesh.
For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
23 Keepe thine heart with all diligence: for thereout commeth life.
Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life.
24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and put wicked lippes farre from thee.
Put away from thee perverseness of mouth, and corrupt lips put far from thee.
25 Let thine eyes beholde the right, and let thine eyelids direct thy way before thee.
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
26 Ponder the path of thy feete, and let all thy waies be ordred aright.
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be well-ordered.
27 Turne not to the right hande, nor to the left, but remooue thy foote from euill.
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.
