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