Proverbs 4 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. 1 Related passages for Proverbs 4:1
For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. 2 Related passages for Proverbs 4:2
For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. 3 Related passages for Proverbs 4:3
He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. 4 Related passages for Proverbs 4:4
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. 5 Related passages for Proverbs 4:5
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. 6 Related passages for Proverbs 4:6
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. 7 Related passages for Proverbs 4:7
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. 8 Related passages for Proverbs 4:8
She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. 9 Related passages for Proverbs 4:9
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. 10 Related passages for Proverbs 4:10
I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. 11 Related passages for Proverbs 4:11
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. 12 Related passages for Proverbs 4:12
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life. 13 Related passages for Proverbs 4:13
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. 14 Related passages for Proverbs 4:14
Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. 15 Related passages for Proverbs 4:15
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. 16 Related passages for Proverbs 4:16
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. 17 Related passages for Proverbs 4:17
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. 18 Related passages for Proverbs 4:18
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. 19 Related passages for Proverbs 4:19
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 20 Related passages for Proverbs 4:20
Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 21 Related passages for Proverbs 4:21
For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. 22 Related passages for Proverbs 4:22
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. 23 Related passages for Proverbs 4:23
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. 24 Related passages for Proverbs 4:24
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. 25 Related passages for Proverbs 4:25
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. 26 Related passages for Proverbs 4:26
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil. 27 Related passages for Proverbs 4:27
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