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Proverbs 4 NASB 1995
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Acquire understanding!<br> Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-6.htm" target="_top"><b>6</b></a></span>“Do not forsake her, and she will guard you;<br> Love her, and she will watch over you.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-7.htm" target="_top"><b>7</b></a></span>“The beginning of wisdom <i>is:</i> Acquire wisdom;<br> And with all your acquiring, get understanding.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-8.htm" target="_top"><b>8</b></a></span>“Prize her, and she will exalt you;<br> She will honor you if you embrace her.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-9.htm" target="_top"><b>9</b></a></span>“She will place on your head a garland of grace;<br> She will present you with a crown of beauty.”<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>Hear, my son, and accept my sayings<br> And the years of your life will be many.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>I have directed you in the way of wisdom;<br> I have led you in upright paths.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>When you walk, your steps will not be impeded;<br> And if you run, you will not stumble.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>Take hold of instruction; do not let go.<br> Guard her, for she is your life.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>Do not enter the path of the wicked<br> And do not proceed in the way of evil men.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>Avoid it, do not pass by it;<br> Turn away from it and pass on.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>For they cannot sleep unless they do evil;<br> And they are robbed of sleep unless they make <i>someone</i> stumble.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>For they eat the bread of wickedness<br> And drink the wine of violence.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,<br> That shines brighter and brighter until the full day.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>The way of the wicked is like darkness;<br> They do not know over what they stumble.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>My son, give attention to my words;<br> Incline your ear to my sayings.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>Do not let them depart from your sight;<br> Keep them in the midst of your heart.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>For they are life to those who find them<br> And health to all their body.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>Watch over your heart with all diligence,<br> For from it <i>flow</i> the springs of life.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>Put away from you a deceitful mouth<br> And put devious speech far from you.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>Let your eyes look directly ahead<br> And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>Watch the path of your feet<br> And all your ways will be established.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>Do not turn to the right nor to the left;<br> Turn your foot from evil.<p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">NASB 1995 Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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