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Proverbs 4:1
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Listen, my sons, to a father's discipline,(a) and pay attention so that you may gain understanding,
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Proverbs 4:2
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for I am giving you good instruction.(b) Don't abandon my teaching.
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Proverbs 4:3
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When I was a son with my father, tender and precious to my mother,
Proverbs 4:4
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he taught me and said: "Your heart must hold on to my words. Keep my commands and live.(c)
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Proverbs 4:5
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Get wisdom, get understanding;(d) don't forget or turn away from the words of my mouth.
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Proverbs 4:6
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Don't abandon wisdom, and she will watch over you; love her,(e) and she will guard you.
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Proverbs 4:7
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Wisdom is supreme—so get wisdom. And whatever else you get, get understanding.(f)
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Proverbs 4:8
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Cherish her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you.(g)
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Proverbs 4:9
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She will place a garland of grace on your head; she will give you a crown of beauty."(h)
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Proverbs 4:10
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Listen, my son. Accept my words,(i) and you will live many years.(j)
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Proverbs 4:11
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I am teaching you the way of wisdom; I am guiding you on straight paths.(k)
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Proverbs 4:12
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When you walk, your steps will not be hindered;(l) when you run, you will not stumble.(m)
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Proverbs 4:13
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Hold on to instruction; don't let go.(n) Guard it, for it is your life.
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Proverbs 4:14
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Don't set foot on the path of the wicked;(o) don't proceed in the way of evil ones.
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Proverbs 4:15
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Avoid it; don't travel on it. Turn away from it, and pass it by.
Proverbs 4:16
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For they can't sleep unless they have done what is evil; they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.(p)
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Proverbs 4:17
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They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
Proverbs 4:18
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The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,(q) shining brighter and brighter until midday.
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Proverbs 4:19
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But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom;(r) they don't know what makes them stumble.(s)
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Proverbs 4:20
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My son, pay attention to my words; listen closely to my sayings.(t)
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Proverbs 4:21
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Don't lose sight of them;(u) keep them within your heart.
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Proverbs 4:22
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For they are life to those who find them, and health to one's whole body.
Proverbs 4:23
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Guard your heart above all else,[a] for it is the source of life.(v)
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Proverbs 4:24
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Don't let your mouth speak dishonestly,(w) and don't let your lips talk deviously.
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Proverbs 4:25
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Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze[b] straight ahead.(x)
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Proverbs 4:26
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Carefully consider the path[c] for your feet,(y) and all your ways will be established.
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Proverbs 4:27
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Don't turn to the right or to the left;(z) keep your feet away from evil.
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Proverbs 5:1
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My son, pay attention to my wisdom; listen closely[a] to my understanding(a)
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Proverbs 5:2
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so that you may maintain discretion and your lips safeguard knowledge.(b)
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Proverbs 5:3
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Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her words are[b] smoother than oil,
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Proverbs 5:4
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in the end she's as bitter as wormwood(c) and as sharp as a double-edged sword.(d)
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Proverbs 5:5
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Her feet go down to death; her steps head straight for Sheol.(e)
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Proverbs 5:6
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She doesn't consider the path of life; she doesn't know that her ways are unstable.
Proverbs 5:7
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So now, my sons, listen to me, and don't turn away from the words of my mouth.(f)
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Proverbs 5:8
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Keep your way far from her. Don't go near the door of her house.(g)
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Proverbs 5:9
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Otherwise, you will give up your vitality to others and your years to someone cruel;
Proverbs 5:10
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strangers will drain your resources, and your earnings will end up in a foreigner's house.
Proverbs 5:11
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At the end of your life, you will lament when your physical body has been consumed,
Proverbs 5:12
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and you will say, "How I hated discipline, and how my heart despised correction.(h)
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Proverbs 5:13
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I didn't obey my teachers or listen closely[c] to my mentors.
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Proverbs 5:14
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I am on the verge of complete ruin before the entire community."
Proverbs 5:15
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Drink water from your own cistern, water flowing from your own well.(i)
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Proverbs 5:16
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Should your springs flow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares?(j)
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Proverbs 5:17
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They should be for you alone and not for you to share with strangers.
Proverbs 5:18
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Let your fountain be blessed, and take pleasure in the wife of your youth.(k)
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Proverbs 5:19
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A loving doe, a graceful fawn— let her breasts always satisfy you;(l) be lost in her love forever.
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Proverbs 5:20
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Why, my son, would you be infatuated with a forbidden woman or embrace the breast of a stranger?(m)
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Proverbs 5:21
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For a man's ways are before the Lord 's eyes,(n) and He considers all his paths.(o)
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Proverbs 5:22
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A wicked man's iniquities entrap him;(p) he is entangled in the ropes of his own sin.(q)
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Proverbs 5:23
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He will die because there is no discipline,(r) and be lost because of his great stupidity.
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Proverbs 6:1
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My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor[a] or entered into an agreement with[b] a stranger,[c](a)
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Proverbs 6:2
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you have been trapped by the words of your lips[d]— ensnared by the words of your mouth.
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Proverbs 6:3
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Do this, then, my son, and free yourself, for you have put yourself in your neighbor's power: Go, humble yourself, and plead with your neighbor.
Proverbs 6:4
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Don't give sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.(b)
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Proverbs 6:5
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Escape like a gazelle from a hunter,[e] like a bird from a fowler's trap.[f](c)
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Proverbs 6:6
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Go to the ant,(d) you slacker!(e) Observe its ways and become wise.
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Proverbs 6:7
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Without leader, administrator, or ruler,
Proverbs 6:8
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it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food during harvest.(f)
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Proverbs 6:9
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How long will you stay in bed, you slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
Proverbs 6:10
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A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the arms to rest,(g)
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Proverbs 6:11
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and your poverty will come like a robber, your need, like a bandit.(h)
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Proverbs 6:12
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A worthless person,(i) a wicked man goes around speaking dishonestly,(j)
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Proverbs 6:13
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winking(k) his eyes, signaling with his feet, and gesturing with his fingers.
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Proverbs 6:14
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He always plots evil(l) with perversity in his heart— he stirs up trouble.(m)
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Proverbs 6:15
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Therefore calamity will strike him suddenly; he will be shattered instantly—beyond recovery.(n)
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Proverbs 6:16
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The Lord hates six things; in fact, seven are detestable to Him:
Proverbs 6:17
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arrogant eyes,(o) a lying tongue,(p) hands that shed innocent blood,(q)
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Proverbs 6:18
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a heart that plots wicked schemes,(r) feet eager to run to evil,(s)
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Proverbs 6:19
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a lying witness who gives false testimony,(t) and one who stirs up trouble among brothers.(u)
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Proverbs 6:20
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My son, keep your father's command, and don't reject your mother's teaching.(v)
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Proverbs 6:21
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Always bind them to your heart; tie them around your neck.(w)
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Proverbs 6:22
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When you walk here and there, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you wake up, they will talk to you.
Proverbs 6:23
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For a command is a lamp, teaching is a light,(x) and corrective discipline is the way to life.(y)
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Proverbs 6:24
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They will protect you from an evil woman,[g] from the flattering[h] tongue of a stranger.(z)
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Proverbs 6:25
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Don't lust in your heart for her beauty(aa) or let her captivate you with her eyelashes.(ab)
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Proverbs 6:26
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For a prostitute's fee is only a loaf of bread,[i] but an adulteress[j] goes after a precious life.(ac)
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Proverbs 6:27
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Can a man embrace fire[k] and his clothes not be burned?
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Proverbs 6:28
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Can a man walk on burning coals without scorching his feet?
Proverbs 6:29
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So it is with the one who sleeps with another man's wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.(ad)
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Proverbs 6:30
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People don't despise the thief if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry.(ae)
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Proverbs 6:31
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Still, if caught, he must pay seven times as much;(af) he must give up all the wealth in his house.
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Proverbs 6:32
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The one who commits adultery[l] lacks sense; whoever does so destroys himself.(ag)
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Proverbs 6:33
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He will get a beating[m] and dishonor, and his disgrace will never be removed.
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Proverbs 6:34
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For jealousy enrages a husband,(ah) and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
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Proverbs 6:35
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He will not be appeased by anything or be persuaded by lavish gifts.
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