Proverbs 4
4
Wisdom Is Supreme
1#Pr 1:8; Ps 34:11 Hear, O children, the instruction of a father,
and attend to know understanding.
2#Dt 32:2 For I give you good precepts;
do not forsake my teaching.
3#1Ch 22:5; 29:1 For I was my father’s son,
tender and the only beloved in the sight of my mother.
4#Pr 7:2; Eph 6:4 He also taught me and said to me,
“Let your heart retain my words;
keep my commandments, and live.
5Get wisdom! Get understanding!
Do not forget it, nor turn away from the words of my mouth.
6#2Th 2:10 Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you;
love her, and she will keep you.
7#Mt 13:44–46 Wisdom is principal; therefore get wisdom.
And with all your getting, get understanding.
8#1Sa 2:30 Exalt her, and she will promote you;
she will bring you honor, when you embrace her.
9#Pr 1:9 She will place on your head an ornament of grace;
a crown of glory she will deliver to you.”
10#Pr 3:2 Hear, my son, and receive my sayings,
and the years of your life will be many.
11I have taught you in the way of wisdom;
I have led you in right paths.
12#Pr 3:23; Ps 18:36 When you walk, your steps will not be hindered,
and when you run, you will not stumble.
13#Pr 3:18; 3:22 Take firm hold of instruction, do not let her go;
keep her, for she is your life.
14#Ps 1:1; Pr 1:15 Do not enter the path of the wicked,
and do not go in the way of evil men.
15Avoid it, do not travel on it;
turn from it and pass on.
16#Ps 36:4; Mic 2:1 For they do not sleep unless they have done mischief;
and their sleep is taken away unless they cause some to fall.
17For they eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.
18#2Sa 23:4; Job 11:17 But the path of the just is as the shining light,
that shines more and more unto the perfect day.
19#Isa 59:9–10; Jn 12:35 The way of the wicked is as darkness;
they do not know at what they stumble.
20#Pr 5:1 My son, attend to my words;
incline your ear to my sayings.
21#Pr 3:21; 2:1 Do not let them depart from your eyes;
keep them in the midst of your heart;
22#Pr 3:8; 12:18 for they are life to those who find them,
and health to all their body.
23#Lk 6:45; Pr 4:7 Keep your heart with all diligence,
for out of it are the issues of life.
24Put away from you a deceitful mouth,
and put perverse lips far from you.
25Let your eyes look right on,
and let your eyelids look straight before you.
26#Pr 5:6; Heb 12:13 Ponder the path of your feet,
and let all your ways be established.
27#Dt 5:32; 28:14 Do not turn to the right or to the left;
remove your foot from evil.
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Proverbs 4
4
Get Wisdom at Any Cost
1My sons, listen to a father’s teaching.
Pay attention and gain understanding.
2I give you good advice.
So don’t turn away from what I teach you.
3I, too, was once a young boy in my father’s house.
And my mother loved me deeply.
4Then my father taught me.
He said to me, “Take hold of my words with all your heart.
Keep my commands, and you will live.
5Get wisdom, and get understanding.
Don’t forget my words or turn away from them.
6Stay close to wisdom, and she will keep you safe.
Love her, and she will watch over you.
7To start being wise you must first get wisdom.
No matter what it costs, get understanding.
8Value wisdom highly, and she will lift you up.
Hold her close, and she will honor you.
9She will set a beautiful crown on your head.
She will give you a glorious crown.”
10My son, listen. Accept what I say.
Then you will live for many years.
11I instruct you in the way of wisdom.
I lead you along straight paths.
12When you walk, nothing will slow you down.
When you run, you won’t trip and fall.
13Hold on to my teaching and don’t let it go.
Guard it well, because it is your life.
14Don’t take the path of evil people.
Don’t live the way sinners do.
15Stay away from their path and don’t travel on it.
Turn away from it and go on your way.
16Sinners can’t rest until they do what is evil.
They can’t sleep until they make someone sin.
17They do evil just as easily as they eat food.
They hurt others as easily as they drink wine.
18The path of those who do right is like the sun in the morning.
It shines brighter and brighter until the full light of day.
19But the way of those who do what is wrong is like deep darkness.
They don’t know what makes them trip and fall.
20My son, pay attention to what I say.
Listen closely to my words.
21Don’t let them out of your sight.
Keep them in your heart.
22They are life to those who find them.
They are health to a person’s whole body.
23Above everything else, guard your heart.
Everything you do comes from it.
24Don’t speak with twisted words.
Keep evil talk away from your lips.
25Let your eyes look straight ahead.
Keep looking right in front of you.
26Think carefully about the paths that your feet walk on.
Always choose the right ways.
27Don’t turn to the right or left.
Keep your feet from the path of evil.
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