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Pro_04_01 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

Pro_04_02 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

Pro_04_03 For I was my father's son, tender and only [beloved] in the sight of my mother.

Pro_04_04 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

Pro_04_05 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

Pro_04_06 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

Pro_04_07 Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

Pro_04_08 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

Pro_04_09 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

Pro_04_10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

Pro_04_11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.

Pro_04_12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

Pro_04_13 Take fast hold of instruction; let [her] not go: keep her; for she [is] thy life.

Pro_04_14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil [men].

Pro_04_15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

Pro_04_16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.

Pro_04_17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

Pro_04_18 But the path of the just [is] as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

Pro_04_19 The way of the wicked [is] as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

Pro_04_20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

Pro_04_21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

Pro_04_22 For they [are] life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

Pro_04_23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it [are] the issues of life.

Pro_04_24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

Pro_04_25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

Pro_04_26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

Pro_04_27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.