Proverbs 4:1 - Prayer Tents

Proverbs 4

A Father’s Wise Instruction

4Hear, O sons, a father's instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight,H8085H1121H4148H1H7181H3045H9982for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching.H5414H2896H3948H5800H84513When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother,H1H1121H7390H3173H6440H5174he taught me and said to me, "Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live.H3384H559H3820H8551H1697H8104H4687H24215Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.H7069H2451H7069H998H7911H5186H561H63106Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; love her, and she will guard you.H5800H8104H157H53417The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight.H2451H7225H7069H2451H7075H9988Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.H5549H7311H3513H22639She will place on your head a graceful garland; she will bestow on you a beautiful crown."H5414H7218H3880H2580H5850H8597H404210Hear, my son, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many.H8085H1121H3947H561H8141H2416H723511I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness.H3384H1870H2451H1869H3476H457012When you walk, your step will not be hampered, and if you run, you will not stumble.H3212H6806H3334H7323H378213Keep hold of instruction; do not let go; guard her, for she is your life.H2388H4148H7503H5341H241614Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of the evil.H935H734H7563H833H1870H745115Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on.H6544H5674H7847H567416For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.H3462H7489H8142H1497H3782H378217For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.H3898H3899H7562H8354H3196H255518But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.H734H6662H5051H216H215H1980H3559H311719The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble.H1870H7563H653H3045H378220My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.H1121H7181H1697H5186H241H56121Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart.H3868H5869H8104H8432H382422For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh.H2416H4672H4832H132023Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.H5341H3820H4929H8444H241624Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you.H5493H6143H6310H3891H8193H736825Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you.H5869H5027H5227H6079H347426Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure.H6424H4570H7272H1870H355927Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil.H5186H3225H8040H5493H7272H7451