Proverbs 4
1 Listen to O children [the] correction of a father and be attentive to know understanding.
Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
2 For instruction good I give to you instruction my may not you neglect.
For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive.
3 If a son I was of father my tender and only [child] before mother my.
When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child 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.
he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will 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 my words or turn from them.
6 May not you abandon her and she will keep you love her and she will guard you.
Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.
7 [is] first Wisdom acquire wisdom and by all acquisition your acquire understanding.
Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.
8 Esteem her and she will exalt you she will honor you if you will embrace her.
Prize her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you.
9 She will put to head your a wreath of grace a crown of beauty she will give you.
She will set a garland of grace on your head; she will present you with a crown of beauty.”
10 Listen O son my and receive words my so they may increase for you years of life.
Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many.
11 [the] way of Wisdom I taught you I led you in tracks of uprightness.
I will guide you in the way of wisdom; I will lead you on straight paths.
12 When walking you not anyone will hinder step[s] your and if you will run not you will stumble.
When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble.
13 Take hold on discipline may not you let go keep her for she [is] life your.
Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
14 In [the] path of wicked [people] may not you go and may not you advance in [the] way of evil [people].
Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.
15 Avoid it may not you pass along on it turn aside from on it and pass on.
Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.
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 cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone 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.
The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
19 [the] way of Wicked [people] [is] like darkness not they know on what? are they stumbling.
But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.
20 O son my to words my be attentive! to utterances my incline ear your.
My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
21 Do not let them depart from eyes your keep them in [the] midst of heart your.
Do not lose sight of them; keep them within your 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 the whole body.
23 More than all guarding guard heart your for [are] from it [the] sources of life.
Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
24 Remove from yourself crookedness of mouth and deviousness of lips put far away from yourself.
Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech.
25 Eyes your before let them look and eyelids your let them look straight before you.
Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.
26 Make level [the] track of foot your and all ways your let them be steadfast.
Make a level path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure.
27 May not you turn aside right and left turn aside foot your from evil.
Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away from evil.
