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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Proverbs 4 ERV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/proverbs/4.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/proverbs/4-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ERV</a> > Proverbs 4</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../proverbs/3.htm" title="Proverbs 3">◄</a> Proverbs 4 <a href="../proverbs/5.htm" title="Proverbs 5">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">English Revised Version</div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Listen to a Father's Instruction</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Hear, my sons, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For I give you good doctrine; forsake ye not my law.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For I was a son unto my father, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And he taught me, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words; keep my commandments, and live:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Get wisdom, get understanding; forget it not, neither decline from the words of my mouth:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee; love her, and she shall keep thee.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: yea, with all thou hast gotten get understanding.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>She shall give to thine head a chaplet of grace: a crown of beauty shall she deliver to thee.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Enter not into the path of the wicked, and walk not in the way of evil men.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass on.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Make level the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">English Revised Version, 1885<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../proverbs/3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Proverbs 3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Proverbs 3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../proverbs/5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Proverbs 5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Proverbs 5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/proverbs/4-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhsh.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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