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Proverbs 4 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:1 - Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:2 - For I give you good teaching; do not give up the knowledge you are getting from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:3 - For I was a son to my father, a gentle and an only one to my mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:4 - And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:5 - Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:6 - Do not give her up, and she will keep you; give her your love, and she will make you safe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:7 - The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:8 - Put her in a high place, and you will be lifted up by her; she will give you honour, when you give her your love.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:9 - She will put a crown of grace on your head, giving you a head-dress of glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:10 - Give ear, O my son, and let your heart be open to my sayings; and long life will be yours.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:11 - I have given you teaching in the way of wisdom, guiding your steps in the straight way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:12 - When you go, your way will not be narrow, and in running you will not have a fall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:13 - Take learning in your hands, do not let her go: keep her, for she is your life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:14 - Do not go in the road of sinners, or be walking in the way of evil men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:15 - Keep far from it, do not go near; be turned from it, and go on your way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:16 - For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:17 - The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:18 - But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:19 - The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:20 - My son, give attention to my words; let your ear be turned to my sayings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:21 - Let them not go from your eyes; keep them deep in your heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:22 - For they are life to him who gets them, and strength to all his flesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:23 - And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:24 - Put away from you an evil tongue, and let false lips be far from you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:25 - Keep your eyes on what is in front of you, looking straight before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:26 - Keep a watch on your behaviour; let all your ways be rightly ordered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:27 - Let there be no turning to the right or to the left, keep your feet from evil.
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Proverbs Chapter 4 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras