Proverbs 4

(Proverbs 4:1) Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

(Proverbs 4:2) For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

(Proverbs 4:3) For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

(Proverbs 4:4) He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

(Proverbs 4:5) Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

(Proverbs 4:6) Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

(Proverbs 4:7) Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

(Proverbs 4:8) Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

(Proverbs 4:9) She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

(Proverbs 4:10) Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

(Proverbs 4:11) I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.

(Proverbs 4:12) When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

(Proverbs 4:13) Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

(Proverbs 4:14) Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

(Proverbs 4:15) Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

(Proverbs 4:16) For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

(Proverbs 4:17) For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

(Proverbs 4:18) But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

(Proverbs 4:19) The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

(Proverbs 4:20) My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

(Proverbs 4:21) Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

(Proverbs 4:22) For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

(Proverbs 4:23) Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.