Proverbs 4 NKJV

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Get understanding!</span><br /><span class="text Prov-4-5">Do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-4-6">Love her, and she will keep you.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Wisdom <i>is</i> the principal thing;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-4-7"><i>Therefore</i> get wisdom.</span><br /><span class="text Prov-4-7">And in all your getting, get understanding.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Exalt her, and she will promote you;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-4-8">She will bring you honor, when you embrace her.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>She will place on your head an ornament of grace;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-4-9">A crown of glory she will deliver to you.”</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Hear, my son, and receive my sayings,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-4-10">And the years of your life will be many.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>I have taught you in the way of wisdom;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-4-11">I have led you in right paths.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>When you walk, your steps will not be hindered,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-4-12">And when you run, you will not stumble.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Take firm hold of instruction, do not let go;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-4-13">Keep her, for she <i>is</i> your life.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Do not enter the path of the wicked,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-4-14">And do not walk in the way of evil.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Avoid it, do not travel on it;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-4-15">Turn away from it and pass on.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For they do not sleep unless they have done evil;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-4-16">And their sleep is <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span>taken away unless they make <i>someone</i> fall.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For they eat the bread of wickedness,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-4-17">And drink the wine of violence.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But the path of the just <i>is</i> like the shining <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>sun,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-4-18">That shines ever brighter unto the perfect day.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The way of the wicked <i>is</i> like darkness;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-4-19">They do not know what makes them stumble.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>My son, give attention to my words;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-4-20">Incline your ear to my sayings.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Do not let them depart from your eyes;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-4-21">Keep them in the midst of your heart;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For they <i>are</i> life to those who find them,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-4-22">And health to all their flesh.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Keep your heart with all diligence,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-4-23">For out of it <i>spring</i> the issues of life.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Put away from you a <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>deceitful mouth,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-4-24">And put perverse lips far from you.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Let your eyes look straight ahead,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-4-25">And your eyelids look right before you.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Ponder the path of your feet,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-4-26">And let all your ways be established.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Do not turn to the right or the left;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-4-27">Remove your foot from evil.</span></p></div> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-16507a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 4:16">Proverbs 4:16</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>robbed</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16509b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 4:18">Proverbs 4:18</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>light</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16515c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 4:24">Proverbs 4:24</span> <span 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