Proverbs 4
Authorized King James Version (1769) with AI Commentary
1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.🔗🔍
2For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.🔗🔍
3For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.🔗🔍
4He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.🔗🔍
5Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.🔗🔍
6Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.🔗🔍
7Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.🔗🔍
8Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.🔗🔍
9She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.🔗🔍
10Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.🔗🔍
11I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.🔗🔍
12When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.🔗🔍
13Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.🔗🔍
14Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.🔗🔍
15Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.🔗🔍
16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.🔗🔍
17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.🔗🔍
18But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.🔗🔍
19The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.🔗🔍
20My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.🔗🔍
21Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.🔗🔍
22For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.🔗🔍
23Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.🔗🔍
24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.🔗🔍
25Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.🔗🔍
26Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.🔗🔍
27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.🔗🔍
2For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.🔗🔍
3For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.🔗🔍
4He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.🔗🔍
5Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.🔗🔍
6Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.🔗🔍
7Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.🔗🔍
8Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.🔗🔍
9She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.🔗🔍
10Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.🔗🔍
11I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.🔗🔍
12When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.🔗🔍
13Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.🔗🔍
14Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.🔗🔍
15Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.🔗🔍
16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.🔗🔍
17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.🔗🔍
18But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.🔗🔍
19The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.🔗🔍
20My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.🔗🔍
21Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.🔗🔍
22For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.🔗🔍
23Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.🔗🔍
24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.🔗🔍
25Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.🔗🔍
26Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.🔗🔍
27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.🔗🔍
🤖 AI Commentary
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