Proverbs 4

1 ♥ 📝 H ear,^H8085 [my] sons,^H1121 the instruction^H4148 of a father,^H1 And attend^H7181 to know^H3045 understanding:^H998

2 ♥ 📝 For I give^H5414 you good^H2896 doctrine;^H3948 Forsake^H5800 ye not my law.^H8451

3 ♥ 📝 For I was a son^H1121 unto my father,^H1 Tender^H7390 and only^H3173 beloved in the sight^H6440 of my mother.^H517

4 ♥ 📝 And he taught^H3384 me, and said^H559 unto me: Let thy heart^H3820 retain^H8551 my words;^H1697 Keep^H8104 my commandments,^H4687 and live;^H2421

5 ♥ 📝 Get^H7069 wisdom,^H2451 get^H7069 understanding;^H998 Forget^H7911 not, neither decline^H5186 from the words^H561 of my mouth;^H6310

6 ♥ 📝 Forsake^H5800 her not, and she will preserve^H8104 thee; Love^H157 her, and she will keep^H5341 thee.

7 ♥ 📝 Wisdom^H2451 [is] the principal thing;^H7225 [Therefore] get^H7069 wisdom;^H2451 Yea, with all thy getting^H7075 get understanding.^H998

8 ♥ 📝 Exalt^H5549 her, and she will promote^H7311 thee; She will bring thee to honor,^H3513 when thou dost embrace^H2263 her.

9 ♥ 📝 She will give^H5414 to thy head^H7218 a chaplet^H3880 of grace;^H2580 A crown^H5850 of beauty^H8597 will she deliver^H4042 to thee.

10 ♥ 📝 Hear,^H8085 O my son,^H1121 and receive^H3947 my sayings;^H561 And the years^H8141 of thy life^H2416 shall be many.^H7235

11 ♥ 📝 I have taught^H3384 thee in the way^H1870 of wisdom;^H2451 I have led^H1869 thee in paths^H4570 of uprightness.^H3476

12 ♥ 📝 When thou goest,^H3212 thy steps^H6806 shall not be straitened;^H3334 And if thou runnest,^H7323 thou shalt not stumble.^H3782

13 ♥ 📝 Take fast hold^H2388 of instruction;^H4148 Let her not go:^H7503 Keep^H5341 her; For she is thy life.^H2416

14 ♥ 📝 Enter^H935 not into the path^H734 of the wicked,^H7563 And walk^H833 not in the way^H1870 of evil^H7451 men.

15 ♥ 📝 Avoid^H6544 it, pass^H5674 not by it; Turn^H7847 from it, and pass on.^H5674

16 ♥ 📝 For they sleep^H3462 not, except they do evil;^H7489 And their sleep^H8142 is taken away,^H1497 unless they cause some to fall.^H3782

17 ♥ 📝 For they eat^H3898 the bread^H3899 of wickedness,^H7562 And drink^H8354 the wine^H3196 of violence.^H2555

18 ♥ 📝 But the path^H734 of the righteous^H6662 is as the dawning^H5051 light,^H216 That shineth^H215 more^H1980 and more unto the perfect^H3559 day.^H3117

19 ♥ 📝 The way^H1870 of the wicked^H7563 is as darkness:^H653 They know^H3045 not at what they stumble.^H3782

20 ♥ 📝 My son,^H1121 attend^H7181 to my words;^H1697 Incline^H5186 thine ear^H241 unto my sayings.^H561

21 ♥ 📝 Let them not depart^H3868 from thine eyes;^H5869 Keep^H8104 them in the midst^H8432 of thy heart.^H3824

22 ♥ 📝 For they are life^H2416 unto those that find^H4672 them, And health^H4832 to all their flesh.^H1320

23 ♥ 📝 Keep^H5341 thy heart^H3820 with all diligence;^H4929 For out of it are the issues^H8444 of life.^H2416

24 ♥ 📝 Put away^H5493 from thee a wayward^H6143 mouth,^H6310 And perverse^H3891 lips^H8193 put far^H7368 from thee.

25 ♥ 📝 Let thine eyes^H5869 look^H5027 right on,^H5227 And let thine eyelids^H6079 look straight^H3474 before thee.

26 ♥ 📝 Make level the path^H4570 of thy feet,^H7272 And let all thy ways^H1870 be established.^H3559

27 ♥ 📝 Turn^H5186 not to the right hand^H3225 nor to the left:^H8040 Remove^H5493 thy foot^H7272 from evil.^H7451