Pro Proverbs, chapter Proverbs of Solomon, chapter 4
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. 1Ch 28:9Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. Dan 2:46She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.4.9 a crown…: or, she shall compass thee with a crown of glory Pro 1:9Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. Pro 3:2I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Psa 1:1; Pro 1:10Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. Est 6:4; Psa 36:4; Mic 2:1For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. Pro 1:13But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. Psa 97:11; Mat 5:16The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.Deu 28:29; Isa 59:10
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.4.22 health: Heb. medicinePsa 19:7
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.4.23 with…: Heb. above all keeping Mat 6:1; Heb 13:9Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.4.24 a froward…: Heb. frowardness of mouth and perverseness of lips Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. Job 31:1Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.4.26 let…: or, all thy ways shall be ordered aright Heb 12:13Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.Deu 5:32