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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 Literal Standard Version</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> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" 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Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Hear, you sons, the instruction of a father, "" And give attention to know understanding.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For I have given to you good learning, do not forsake my law.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For I have been a son to my father—tender, "" And an only one before my mother.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And he directs me, and he says to me: “Let your heart retain my words, "" Keep my commands, and live.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Get wisdom, get understanding, "" Do not forget, nor turn away "" From the sayings of my mouth.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Do not forsake her, and she preserves you, "" Love her, and she keeps you.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The first thing [is] wisdom—get wisdom, "" And with all your getting get understanding.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Exalt her and she lifts you up, "" She honors you when you embrace her.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>She gives a wreath of grace to your head, "" She gives you a crown of beauty freely.”<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, "" And years of life [are] multiplied to you.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>I have directed you in a way of wisdom, "" I have caused you to tread in paths of uprightness.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>In your walking your step is not restricted, "" And if you run, you do not stumble.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, "" Keep her, for she [is] your life.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Do not enter into the path of the wicked, "" And do not be blessed in a way of evildoers.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Avoid it, do not pass over into it, "" Turn aside from it, and pass on.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For they do not sleep if they do no evil, "" And their sleep has been taken away violently, "" If they do not cause [some] to stumble.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For they have eaten bread of wickedness, "" And they drink wine of violence.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And the path of the righteous [is] as a shining light, "" Going and brightening until the day is established,<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The way of the wicked [is] as darkness, "" They have not known at what they stumble.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>My son, give attention to my words, "" Incline your ear to my sayings,<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Do not let them turn aside from your eyes, "" Preserve them in the midst of your 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 finding them, "" And healing to all their flesh.<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Above every charge keep your heart, "" For out of it [are] the outgoings of life.<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Turn aside a contrary mouth from you, "" And put perverse lips far from you,<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Your eyes look straightforward, "" And your eyelids look straight before you.<p> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Ponder the path of your feet, "" And all your ways [are] established.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/4-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Do not incline [to] the right or to the left, "" Turn aside your foot from evil!<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Literal Standard Version<br>Copyright © 2022 by Covenant Press. 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