<TITLE>Proverbs 04</TITLE><BR>Proverbs 4 <BR>1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.<BR>2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.<BR>3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.<BR>4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.<BR>5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.<BR>6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.<BR>7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.<BR>8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.<BR>9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.<BR>10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.<BR>11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.<BR>12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.<BR>13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.<BR>14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.<BR>15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.<BR>16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.<BR>17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.<BR>18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.<BR>19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.<BR>20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.<BR>21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.<BR>22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.<BR>23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.<BR>24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.<BR>25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.<BR>26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.<BR>27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.<BR><BR><BR>