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Proverbs 4 :: New English Translation (NET)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:1 - Listen, children, to a father's instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:2 - Because I give you good instruction, do not forsake my teaching.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:3 - When I was a son to my father, a tender only child before my mother,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:4 - he taught me, and he said to me: "Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands so that you will live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:5 - Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding; do not forget and do not turn aside from the words I speak.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:6 - Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will guard you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:7 - Wisdom is supreme - so acquire wisdom, and whatever you acquire, acquire understanding!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:8 - Esteem her highly and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:9 - She will place a fair garland on your head; she will bestow a beautiful crown on you."

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:10 - Listen, my child, and accept my words, so that the years of your life will be many.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:11 - I will guide you in the way of wisdom and I will lead you in upright paths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:12 - When you walk, your steps will not be hampered, and when you run, you will not stumble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:13 - Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; protect it, because it is your life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:14 - Do not enter the path of the wicked or walk in the way of those who are evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:15 - Avoid it, do not go on it; turn away from it, and go on.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:16 - For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:17 - For they eat bread gained from wickedness and drink wine obtained from violence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:18 - But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, growing brighter and brighter until full day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:19 - The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what causes them to stumble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:20 - My child, pay attention to my words; listen attentively to my sayings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:21 - Do not let them depart from your sight, guard them within your heart;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:22 - for they are life to those who find them and healing to one's entire body.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:23 - Guard your heart with all vigilance, for from it are the sources of life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:24 - Remove perverse speech from your mouth; keep devious talk far from your lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:25 - Let your eyes look directly in front of you and let your gaze look straight before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:26 - Make the path for your feet level, so that all your ways may be established.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:27 - Do not turn to the right or to the left; turn yourself away from evil.
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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 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 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras