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Passage Lookup: Proverbs 4:1-27
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Proverbs 4:1
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Hear, ye sons, the correction of a father, and attend, that ye may know understanding.
Proverbs 4:2
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For, good teaching, have I given you, mine instruction, do not ye forsake.
Proverbs 4:3
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For, a son, became I to my father, tender and most precious in the sight of my mother.
Proverbs 4:4
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So he taught me, and said to me - Let thy heart, lay hold of my words, Keep my commandments and live!
Proverbs 4:5
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Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding, Do not forget, neither decline thou from the sayings of my mouth.
Proverbs 4:6
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Do not forsake her, and she will guard thee, - love her and she will keep thee.
Proverbs 4:7
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The principal thing, is wisdom, acquire thou wisdom, With all thine acquisition, acquire thou understanding.
Proverbs 4:8
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Exalt her, and she will set thee on high, she will bring thee to honour, when thou dust embrace her:
Proverbs 4:9
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She will give for thy head, a wreath of beauty, A crown of adorning, will she bestow upon thee.
Proverbs 4:10
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Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and they will multiply to thee the years of life.
Proverbs 4:11
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In the way of wisdom, have I taught thee, I have guided thee in tracks of uprightness.
Proverbs 4:12
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When thou walkest, thy step shall not be hemmed in, and, if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
Proverbs 4:13
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Take fast hold of correction, let her not go, - keep her, for, she, is thy life.
Proverbs 4:14
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Upon the path of the lawless, do not thou enter, and do not advance in the way of the wicked:
Proverbs 4:15
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Avoid it, do not pass thereon - turn from it, and depart.
Proverbs 4:16
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For they sleep not, unless they can do mischief, - They rob themselves of their sleep, if they cannot cause someone to stumble,
Proverbs 4:17
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For they consume bread gotten by lawlessness, and, wine obtained by violence, they drink.
Proverbs 4:18
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But, the path of the righteous, is as the light of dawn, - going on and brightening, unto meridian day.
Proverbs 4:19
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The way of the lawless, is like darkness, they know not, at what they stumble.
Proverbs 4:20
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My son, to my words, attend, to my sayings, incline thou thine ear;
Proverbs 4:21
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Let them not depart from thine eyes, keep them in the midst of thy heart;
Proverbs 4:22
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For, life, they are, to them who find them, - and, to every part of one's flesh, they bring healing.
Proverbs 4:23
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Above all that must be guarded, keep thou thy heart, for, out of it, are the issues of life.
Proverbs 4:24
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Remove from thee, perverseness of mouth, and, craftiness of lips, put far from thee.
Proverbs 4:25
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Let, thine eyes, right onward, look, - and, thine eyelashes, point straight before thee.
Proverbs 4:26
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Make level the track of thy foot, that, all thy ways, may be directed aright:
Proverbs 4:27
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Decline not, to the right hand or to the left, - Turn away thy foot from wickedness.
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Courtesy of Charles Loder, Independent Researcher at Academia.edu
Courtesy of Charles Loder, Independent Researcher at Academia.edu
