20_PRO_04_01 hear, ye children, the instruction of A Father, And attend to know understanding.
20_PRO_04_02 for I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
20_PRO_04_03 for I was my father's son, tender And only [ beloved] in the sight of my mother.
20_PRO_04_04 he taught me also, And said unto me, let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, And live.
20_PRO_04_05 get wisdom, get understanding: forget [ it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
20_PRO_04_06 forsake her not, And she shall preserve thee: love her, And she shall keep thee.
20_PRO_04_07 wisdom [ Is] the principal thing; [ therefore] get wisdom: And with all thy getting get understanding.
20_PRO_04_08 Exalt her, And she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
20_PRO_04_09 she shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: A crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
20_PRO_04_10 hear, O my son, And receive my sayings; And the years of thy life shall be Many.
20_PRO_04_11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
20_PRO_04_12 when thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; And when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
20_PRO_04_13 take fast hold of instruction; let [ her] not go: keep her; for she [ Is] thy life.
20_PRO_04_14 enter not into the path of the wicked, And go not in the way of evil [ men].
20_PRO_04_15 avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, And pass away.
20_PRO_04_16 for they Sleep not, except they have done mischief; And their Sleep Is taken away, unless they cause [ some] to fall.
20_PRO_04_17 for they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.
20_PRO_04_18 but the path of the just [ Is] as the shining light, that shineth more And more unto the perfect day.
20_PRO_04_19 the way of the wicked [ Is] as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
20_PRO_04_20 my son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
20_PRO_04_21 let them not Depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
20_PRO_04_22 for they [ are] life unto those that find them, And health to all their flesh.
20_PRO_04_23 keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it [ are] the issues of life.
20_PRO_04_24 put away from thee A froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.
20_PRO_04_25 let thine eyes Look right on, And let thine eyelids Look straight before thee.
20_PRO_04_26 ponder the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established.
20_PRO_04_27 turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.