Proverbs 4 (NET)

Proverbs 4:1¹Listen, children, to a father’s instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 4:2²Because I hereby give you good instruction, do not forsake my teaching.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 4:3³When I was a son to my father, a tender, only child before my mother,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 4:4⁴he taught me, and he said to me: “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands so that you will live.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 4:5⁵Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding; do not forget and do not turn aside from the words I speak.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 4:6⁶Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will guard you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 4:7⁷Wisdom is supreme —so acquire wisdom, and whatever you acquire, acquire understanding!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 4:8⁸Esteem her highly and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 4:9⁹She will place a fair garland on your head; she will bestow a beautiful crown on you.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 4:10¹⁰Listen, my child, and accept my words, so that the years of your life will be many.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 4:11¹¹I hereby guide you in the way of wisdom and I lead you in upright paths.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 4:12¹²When you walk, your steps will not be hampered, and when you run, you will not stumble.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 4:13¹³Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; protect it, because it is your life.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 4:14¹⁴Do not enter the path of the wicked or walk in the way of those who are evil.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 4:15¹⁵Avoid it, do not go on it; turn away from it, and go on.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 4:16¹⁶For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 4:17¹⁷Indeed they have eaten bread gained from wickedness and drink wine obtained from violence.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 4:18¹⁸But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, growing brighter and brighter until full day.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 4:19¹⁹The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what they stumble over.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 4:20²⁰My child, pay attention to my words; listen attentively to my sayings.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 4:21²¹Do not let them depart from your sight, guard them within your heart;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 4:22²²for they are life to those who find them and healing to one’s entire body.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 4:23²³Guard your heart with all vigilance, for from it are the sources of life.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 4:24²⁴Remove perverse speech from your mouth; keep devious talk far from your lips.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 4:25²⁵Let your eyes look directly in front of you and let your gaze look straight before you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 4:26²⁶Make the path for your feet level, so that all your ways may be established.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 4:27²⁷Do not turn to the right or to the left; turn yourself away from evil.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions