General Search for 'Proverbs 4:1-27' - Literal Translation

Proverbs 4:1

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Sons, hear the instruction of a father, pay attention to know understanding,

Proverbs 4:2

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for I give you good teaching; do not forsake my law.

Proverbs 4:3

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For I was my father's son, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.

Proverbs 4:4

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And he taught me and said to me, Let your heart cling to my words; keep my commands and live.

Proverbs 4:5

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Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forsake and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 4:6

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Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will keep you.

Proverbs 4:7

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Wisdom is the main thing; get wisdom, and with all your getting, get understanding.

Proverbs 4:8

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Exalt her, and she will lift you up; she shall bring you to honor when you embrace her.

Proverbs 4:9

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She shall give a wreath of grace to your head; she shall shield you with a crown of glory.

Proverbs 4:10

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Oh my son, hear and receive my sayings, and the years of your life shall be many.

Proverbs 4:11

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I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in the right tracks;

Proverbs 4:12

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when you go, your tracks shall not be narrowed, and when you run, you shall not stumble.

Proverbs 4:13

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Take fast hold of instruction, do not let her go; keep her, for she is your life.

Proverbs 4:14

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Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not go in the way of evildoers.

Proverbs 4:15

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Avoid it, do not pass by it; turn from it and pass on.

Proverbs 4:16

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For they do not sleep if they have done no evil, and their sleep is taken away unless they cause some to fall.

Proverbs 4:17

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For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

Proverbs 4:18

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But the path of the just is as a bright light going on and shining till the day is established.

Proverbs 4:19

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The way of the wicked is as darkness; they do not know at what they stumble.

Proverbs 4:20

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My son, pay attention to my words; stretch your ear to what I say;

Proverbs 4:21

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let them not depart from your eyes; keep them in the center of your heart;

Proverbs 4:22

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for they are life to those who find them, and healing to all his flesh.

Proverbs 4:23

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Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life.

Proverbs 4:24

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Turn away from you the crooked mouth, and put perverse lips far from you.

Proverbs 4:25

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Let your eyes look straight ahead, and let your eyelids look straight before you.

Proverbs 4:26

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Study the track of your feet, then all your ways will be established.

Proverbs 4:27

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Do not turn to the right hand or to the left; turn your foot aside from evil.

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