Proverbs

Chapter 4

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¹Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.3 sermons²For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.1 sermon³For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.1 sermon⁴He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.3 sermons⁵Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.1 sermon⁶Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.1 sermon⁷Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.7 sermons⁸Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.4 sermons⁹She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.1 sermon¹⁰Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.1 sermon¹¹I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.2 sermons¹²When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.2 sermons¹³Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.2 sermons¹⁴Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.3 sermons¹⁵Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.2 sermons¹⁶For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.2 sermons¹⁷For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.2 sermons¹⁸But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.16 sermons¹⁹The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.3 sermons²⁰My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.1 sermon²¹Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.1 sermon²²For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.1 sermon²³Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.12 sermons²⁴Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.1 sermon²⁵Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.3 sermons²⁶Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.2 sermons²⁷Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.1 sermon