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Proverbs 4 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:1 - Hear, O sons, a father's instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:2 - for I give you good precepts: do not forsake my teaching.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:3 - When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:4 - he taught me, and said to me, "Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:5 - do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. Get wisdom; get insight.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:7 - The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:8 - Prize 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 on your head a fair garland; she will bestow on you a beautiful crown."

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:10 - Hear, my son, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:11 - I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:13 - Keep hold of instruction, do not let go; guard her, for she is your life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:14 - Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of evil men.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:16 - For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made some one stumble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:17 - For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:18 - But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:19 - The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:20 - My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:21 - Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:23 - Keep your heart with all vigilance; for from it flow the springs of life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:24 - Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:25 - Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:26 - Take heed to the path of your feet, then all your ways will be sure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:27 - Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil.
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Source: Transcribed from: The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version containing the Old and New Testaments, translated from the original tongues: being the version set forth A.D. 1611, revised A.D. 1881-1885 and A.D. 1901: compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1946-52. — 2nd ed. of New Testament A.D. 1971. There should be enough in the rest of the description to identify the text.

Language: English

Availability: Freely available for non-commercial use provided that this header is included in its entirety with any copy distributed.

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Proverbs Chapter 4 — Additional Translations:

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