Proverbs 4
1 Listen to O children [the] correction of a father and be attentive to know understanding.
Hear, ye children, 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 a good gift; forsake ye not my law.
3 If a son I was of father my tender and only [child] before mother my.
For I also was a son obedient to [my] father, and loved 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.
who spoke and instructed me, [saying], Let our speech be fixed in thine heart, keep [our] commandments, forget them not:
5 Acquire wisdom acquire understanding may not you forget and may not you turn aside from [the] utterances of mouth my.
and do not neglect the speech of my mouth.
6 May not you abandon her and she will keep you love her and she will guard you.
And forsake it not, and it shall cleave to thee: love it, and it shall keep thee.
7 [is] first Wisdom acquire wisdom and by all acquisition your acquire understanding.
8 Esteem her and she will exalt you she will honor you if you will embrace her.
Secure it, and it shall exalt thee: honour it, that it may embrace thee;
9 She will put to head your a wreath of grace a crown of beauty she will give you.
that it may give unto thy head a crown of graces, and may cover thee with a crown of delight.
10 Listen O son my and receive words my so they may increase for you years of life.
Hear, [my] son, and receive my words; and the years of thy life shall be increased, that the resources of thy life may be many.
11 [the] way of Wisdom I taught you I led you in tracks of uprightness.
For I teach thee the ways of wisdom; and I cause thee to go in right paths.
12 When walking you not anyone will hinder step[s] your and if you will run not you will stumble.
For when thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not be distressed.
13 Take hold on discipline may not you let go keep her for she [is] life your.
Take hold of my instruction; let it not go, —but keep it for thyself for thy life.
14 In [the] path of wicked [people] may not you go and may not you advance in [the] way of evil [people].
Go not in the ways of the ungodly, neither covet the ways of transgressors.
15 Avoid it may not you pass along on it turn aside from on it and pass on.
In whatever place they shall pitch their camp, go not thither; but turn from them, and pass away.
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 have done evil: their sleep is taken away, and they rest not.
17 For they eat [the] bread of wickedness and [the] wine of violence they drink.
For these live upon the bread of ungodliness, and are drunken with wine of transgression.
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 ways of the righteous shine like light; they go on and shine, until the day be fully come.
19 [the] way of Wicked [people] [is] like darkness not they know on what? are they stumbling.
But the ways of the ungodly are dark; they know not how they stumble.
20 O son my to words my be attentive! to utterances my incline ear your.
[My] son, attend to my speech; and apply thine ear to my words:
21 Do not let them depart from eyes your keep them in [the] midst of heart your.
that thy fountains may not fail thee; keep them in [thine] heart.
22 For [are] life they to [those who] find them and to all flesh his health.
For they are life to those that 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 thine heart with the utmost care; for out of these are the issues of life.
24 Remove from yourself crookedness of mouth and deviousness of lips put far away from yourself.
Remove from thee a froward mouth, and put far away from thee unjust lips.
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 assent [to] just [things].
26 Make level [the] track of foot your and all ways your let them be steadfast.
Make straight paths for thy feet, and order thy ways aright.
27 May not you turn aside right and left turn aside foot your from evil.
Turn not aside to the right hand nor to the left, but turn away thy foot from an evil way.
