Proverbs 4
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1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
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2For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
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3For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
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4He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
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5Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
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6Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
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7Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
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8Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
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9She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
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10Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
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11I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
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12When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
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13Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
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14Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
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15Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
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16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
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17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
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18But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
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19The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
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20My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
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21Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
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22For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
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23Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
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24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
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25Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
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26Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
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27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
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Chapter 4
Cross References
Proverbs 4:1
Hebrews 2:1Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have hea...Psalms 34:11Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.Proverbs 1:8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mothe...Proverbs 22:17Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto m...Proverbs 5:1My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
Proverbs 4:2
1 Timothy 4:6If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good mi...Deuteronomy 32:2My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the sm...Psalms 89:30If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;Proverbs 8:6Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be...Titus 1:9Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by so...
Proverbs 4:3
1 Chronicles 22:5And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be...Romans 12:16Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to...1 Chronicles 29:1Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom...1 Chronicles 3:5And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and S...2 Samuel 12:24¶ And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with he...
Proverbs 4:4
Proverbs 3:1My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:John 12:50And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefor...Proverbs 7:2Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.1 Chronicles 28:9¶ And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with...Deuteronomy 6:6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
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James 1:5If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally,...Proverbs 3:13¶ Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.2 Chronicles 34:2And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways...Proverbs 1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in t...Proverbs 8:5O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
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2 Thessalonians 2:10And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they...Proverbs 2:10¶ When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul...Ephesians 3:17That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounde...Proverbs 4:21Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
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Ecclesiastes 7:12For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge...Ecclesiastes 9:16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom...Proverbs 23:23Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.Proverbs 16:16How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather t...Philippians 3:8Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowled...
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Daniel 12:3And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they t...1 Samuel 2:30Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the ho...Proverbs 3:35The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.Proverbs 22:4By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.1 Kings 3:5¶ In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask...
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Proverbs 1:9For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.1 Peter 5:4And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that...Hebrews 2:7Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory an...Proverbs 16:31The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.Isaiah 28:5¶ In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem...
Proverbs 4:10
Proverbs 3:2For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.1 Thessalonians 2:13For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the...Deuteronomy 6:2That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his comma...Proverbs 3:16Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.Jeremiah 9:20Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of...
Proverbs 4:11
Psalms 25:4Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.Ecclesiastes 12:9And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledg...Proverbs 8:9They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowle...Psalms 23:3He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s...Proverbs 8:6Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be...
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Proverbs 3:23Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.Psalms 18:36Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.1 Peter 2:8And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at t...2 Samuel 22:37Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.John 11:9Jesus answered,Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day...
Cross References
Proverbs 4:1
Hebrews 2:1Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have hea...Psalms 34:11Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.Proverbs 1:8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mothe...Proverbs 22:17Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto m...Proverbs 5:1My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
Proverbs 4:2
1 Timothy 4:6If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good mi...Deuteronomy 32:2My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the sm...Psalms 89:30If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;Proverbs 8:6Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be...Titus 1:9Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by so...
Proverbs 4:3
1 Chronicles 22:5And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be...Romans 12:16Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to...1 Chronicles 29:1Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom...1 Chronicles 3:5And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and S...2 Samuel 12:24¶ And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with he...
Proverbs 4:4
Proverbs 3:1My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:John 12:50And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefor...Proverbs 7:2Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.1 Chronicles 28:9¶ And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with...Deuteronomy 6:6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
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James 1:5If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally,...Proverbs 3:13¶ Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.2 Chronicles 34:2And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways...Proverbs 1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in t...Proverbs 8:5O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
Proverbs 4:6
2 Thessalonians 2:10And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they...Proverbs 2:10¶ When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul...Ephesians 3:17That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounde...Proverbs 4:21Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
Proverbs 4:7
Ecclesiastes 7:12For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge...Ecclesiastes 9:16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom...Proverbs 23:23Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.Proverbs 16:16How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather t...Philippians 3:8Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowled...
Proverbs 4:8
Daniel 12:3And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they t...1 Samuel 2:30Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the ho...Proverbs 3:35The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.Proverbs 22:4By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.1 Kings 3:5¶ In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask...
Proverbs 4:9
Proverbs 1:9For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.1 Peter 5:4And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that...Hebrews 2:7Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory an...Proverbs 16:31The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.Isaiah 28:5¶ In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem...
Proverbs 4:10
Proverbs 3:2For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.1 Thessalonians 2:13For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the...Deuteronomy 6:2That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his comma...Proverbs 3:16Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.Jeremiah 9:20Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of...
Proverbs 4:11
Psalms 25:4Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.Ecclesiastes 12:9And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledg...Proverbs 8:9They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowle...Psalms 23:3He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s...Proverbs 8:6Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be...
Proverbs 4:12
Proverbs 3:23Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.Psalms 18:36Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.1 Peter 2:8And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at t...2 Samuel 22:37Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.John 11:9Jesus answered,Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day...