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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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 Brenton's Septuagint Translation</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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Brenton</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Brenton's Septuagint Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/4-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">A Father’s Instruction<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For I give you a good gift; forsake ye not my law.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For I also was a son obedient to <i>my</i> father, and loved in the sight of <i>my</i> mother:<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>who spoke and instructed me, <i>saying</i>, Let our speech be fixed in thine heart, keep <i>our</i> commandments, forget them not:<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>and do not neglect the speech of my mouth.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And forsake it not, and it shall cleave to thee: love it, and it shall keep thee.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><font color=blue>(OMITTED TEXT)</font><p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Secure it, and it shall exalt thee: honour it, that it may embrace thee;<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>that it may give unto thy head a crown of graces, and may cover thee with a crown of delight.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Hear, <i>my</i> son, and receive my words; and the years of thy life shall be increased, that the resources of thy life may be many.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For I teach thee the ways of wisdom; and I cause thee to go in right paths.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For when thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not be distressed.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Take hold of my instruction; let it not go, - but keep it for thyself for thy life.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Go not in the ways of the ungodly, neither covet the ways of transgressors.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>In whatever place they shall pitch their camp, go not thither; but turn from them, and pass away.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For they cannot sleep, unless they have done evil: their sleep is taken away, and they rest not.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For these live upon the bread of ungodliness, and are drunken with wine of transgression.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But the ways of the righteous shine like light; they go on and shine, until the day be fully come.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>But the ways of the ungodly are dark; they know not how they stumble.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><i>My</i> son, attend to my speech; and apply thine ear to my words:<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>that thy fountains may not fail thee; keep them in <i>thine</i> heart.<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For they are life to those that find them, and health to all <i>their</i> flesh.<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Keep thine heart with the utmost care; for out of these are the issues of life.<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Remove from thee a froward mouth, and put far away from thee unjust lips.<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids assent <i>to</i> just <i>things</i>.<p> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Make straight paths for thy feet, and order thy ways aright.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Turn not aside to the right hand nor to the left, but turn away thy foot from an evil way: <font color=blue>(4:27A)</font> <i>for God knows the ways on the right hand, but those on the left are crooked:</i><font color=blue>(4:27B)</font> and he will make thy ways straight, and will guide thy steps in peace.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></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="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>