pro 4:1

  Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

pro 4:2

  For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

pro 4:3

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

pro 4:4

  He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

pro 4:5

  Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

pro 4:6

  Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

pro 4:7

  Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

pro 4:8

  Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

pro 4:9

  She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

pro 4:10

  Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

pro 4:11

  I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.

pro 4:12

  When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

pro 4:13

  Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

pro 4:14

  Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

pro 4:15

  Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

pro 4:16

  For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

pro 4:17

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

pro 4:18

  But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

pro 4:19

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

pro 4:20

  My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

pro 4:21

  Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

pro 4:22

  For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

pro 4:23

  Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

pro 4:24

  Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

pro 4:25

  Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

pro 4:26

  Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

pro 4:27

  Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.