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Proverbs 4

1

Hearh8085h8798, ye childrenh1121, the instructionh4148 of a fatherh1, and attendh7181h8685 to knowh3045h8800 understandingh998.

2

For I giveh5414h8804 you goodh2896 doctrineh3948, forsakeh5800h8799 ye not my lawh8451.

3

For I was my father'sh1 sonh1121, tenderh7390 and onlyh3173 beloved in the sighth6440 of my motherh517.

4

He taughth3384h8686 me also, and saidh559h8799 unto me, Let thine hearth3820 retainh8551h8799 my wordsh1697: keeph8104h8798 my commandmentsh4687, and liveh2421h8798.

5

Geth7069h8798 wisdomh2451, geth7069h8798 understandingh998: forgeth7911h8799 it not; neither declineh5186h8799 from the wordsh561 of my mouthh6310.

6

Forsakeh5800h8799 her not, and she shall preserveh8104h8799 thee: loveh157h8798 her, and she shall keeph5341h8799 thee.

7

Wisdomh2451 is the principal thingh7225; therefore geth7069h8798 wisdomh2451: and with all thy gettingh7075 get understandingh998.

8

Exalth5549h8769 her, and she shall promoteh7311h8787 thee: she shall bring thee to honourh3513h8762, when thou dost embraceh2263h8762 her.

9

She shall giveh5414h8799 to thine headh7218 an ornamenth3880 of graceh2580: a crownh5850 of gloryh8597 shall she deliverh4042h8762 to thee. a crown...: or, she shall compass thee with a crown of glory

10

Hearh8085h8798, O my sonh1121, and receiveh3947h8798 my sayingsh561; and the yearsh8141 of thy lifeh2416 shall be manyh7235h8799.

11

I have taughth3384h8689 thee in the wayh1870 of wisdomh2451; I have ledh1869h8689 thee in righth3476 pathsh4570.

12

When thou goesth3212h8800, thy stepsh6806 shall not be straitenedh3334h8799; and when thou runnesth7323h8799, thou shalt not stumbleh3782h8735.

13

Take fast holdh2388h8685 of instructionh4148; let her not goh7503h8686: keeph5341h8798 her; for she is thy lifeh2416.

14

Enterh935h8799 not into the pathh734 of the wickedh7563, and goh833h8762 not in the wayh1870 of evilh7451 men .

15

Avoidh6544h8798 it, passh5674h8799 not by it, turnh7847h8798 from it, and pass awayh5674h8798.

16

For they sleeph3462h8799 not, except they have done mischiefh7489h8686; and their sleeph8142 is taken awayh1497h8738, unless they cause some to fallh3782h8686h8675h3782h8799.

17

For they eath3898h8804 the breadh3899 of wickednessh7562, and drinkh8354h8799 the wineh3196 of violenceh2555.

18

But the pathh734 of the justh6662 is as the shiningh5051 lighth216, that shinethh215h8804 moreh1980h8802 and more unto the perfecth3559h8737 dayh3117.

19

The wayh1870 of the wickedh7563 is as darknessh653: they knowh3045h8804 not at what they stumbleh3782h8735.

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My sonh1121, attendh7181h8685 to my wordsh1697; inclineh5186h8685 thine earh241 unto my sayingsh561.

21

Let them not departh3868h8686 from thine eyesh5869; keeph8104h8798 them in the midsth8432 of thine hearth3824.

22

For they are lifeh2416 unto those that findh4672h8802 them, and healthh4832 to all their fleshh1320. health: Heb. medicine

23

Keeph5341h8798 thy hearth3820 with all diligenceh4929; for out of it are the issuesh8444 of lifeh2416. with...: Heb. above all keeping

24

Put awayh5493h8685 from thee a frowardh6143 mouthh6310, and perverseh3891 lipsh8193 put farh7368h8685 from thee. a froward...: Heb. frowardness of mouth and perverseness of lips

25

Let thine eyesh5869 lookh5027h8686 right onh5227, and let thine eyelidsh6079 look straighth3474h8686 before thee.

26

Ponderh6424h8761 the pathh4570 of thy feeth7272, and let all thy waysh1870 be establishedh3559h8735. let...: or, all thy ways shall be ordered aright

27

Turnh5186h8799 not to the right handh3225 nor to the lefth8040: removeh5493h8685 thy footh7272 from evilh7451.



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