Proverbs 4

1 Listen to O children [the] correction of a father and be attentive to know understanding.

Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

2 For instruction good I give to you instruction my may not you neglect.

For I give you good doctrine. Forsake ye not my law.

3 If a son I was of father my tender and only [child] before mother my.

For I was a son to my father, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

4 And he taught me and he said to me let it hold fast to words my heart your keep commandments my and live.

And he taught me, and said to me, Let thy heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.

5 Acquire wisdom acquire understanding may not you forget and may not you turn aside from [the] utterances of mouth my.

Get wisdom, get understanding. Do not forget, nor decline from the words of my mouth.

6 May not you abandon her and she will keep you love her and she will guard you.

Do not forsake her, and she will preserve thee. Love her, and she will keep thee.

7 [is] first Wisdom acquire wisdom and by all acquisition your acquire understanding.

Wisdom is the principal thing. Get wisdom, yea, with all thy getting get understanding.

8 Esteem her and she will exalt you she will honor you if you will embrace her.

Exalt her, and she will promote thee. She will bring thee to honor when thou embrace her.

9 She will put to head your a wreath of grace a crown of beauty she will give you.

She will give to thy head a garland of grace, a crown of beauty she will deliver to thee.

10 Listen O son my and receive words my so they may increase for you years of life.

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings, and the years of thy life shall be many.

11 [the] way of Wisdom I taught you I led you in tracks of uprightness.

I have taught thee in the way of wisdom. I have led thee in paths of uprightness.

12 When walking you not anyone will hinder step[s] your and if you will run not you will stumble.

When thou go, thy steps shall not be restricted. And if thou run, thou shall not stumble.

13 Take hold on discipline may not you let go keep her for she [is] life your.

Take firm hold of instruction. Do not let her go. Keep her, for she is thy life.

14 In [the] path of wicked [people] may not you go and may not you advance in [the] way of evil [people].

Enter not into the path of the wicked, and walk not in the way of evil men.

15 Avoid it may not you pass along on it turn aside from on it and pass on.

Avoid it. Do not pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.

16 For not they will sleep if not they do harm and it is taken away sleep their if not (they bring injury. *Q(K)*)

For they do not sleep unless they do evil. And their sleep is taken away unless they cause to fall.

17 For they eat [the] bread of wickedness and [the] wine of violence they drink.

For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

18 And [the] path of righteous [people] [is] like a light of brightness [which] goes and [which] shines until [the] established [part] of the day.

But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, that shines more and more to the perfect day.

19 [the] way of Wicked [people] [is] like darkness not they know on what? are they stumbling.

The way of the wicked is as darkness. They know not at what they stumble.

20 O son my to words my be attentive! to utterances my incline ear your.

My son, attend to my words. Incline thine ear to my sayings.

21 Do not let them depart from eyes your keep them in [the] midst of heart your.

Let them not depart from thine eyes. Keep them in the midst of thy heart.

22 For [are] life they to [those who] find them and to all flesh his health.

For they are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh.

23 More than all guarding guard heart your for [are] from it [the] sources of life.

Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life.

24 Remove from yourself crookedness of mouth and deviousness of lips put far away from yourself.

Put away from thee a wayward mouth, and put perverse lips far from thee.

25 Eyes your before let them look and eyelids your let them look straight before you.

Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

26 Make level [the] track of foot your and all ways your let them be steadfast.

Make the path of thy feet level, and let all thy ways be established.

27 May not you turn aside right and left turn aside foot your from evil.

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left. Remove thy foot from evil.