Proverbs 4

1 Listen to O children [the] correction of a father and be attentive to know understanding.

Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;

2 For instruction good I give to you instruction my may not you neglect.

for I give you sound learning. Don’t forsake my law.

3 If a son I was of father my tender and only [child] before mother my.

For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.

4 And he taught me and he said to me let it hold fast to words my heart your keep commandments my and live.

He taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.

5 Acquire wisdom acquire understanding may not you forget and may not you turn aside from [the] utterances of mouth my.

Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth.

6 May not you abandon her and she will keep you love her and she will guard you.

Don’t forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.

7 [is] first Wisdom acquire wisdom and by all acquisition your acquire understanding.

Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.

8 Esteem her and she will exalt you she will honor you if you will embrace her.

Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor when you embrace her.

9 She will put to head your a wreath of grace a crown of beauty she will give you.

She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you.”

10 Listen O son my and receive words my so they may increase for you years of life.

Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.

11 [the] way of Wisdom I taught you I led you in tracks of uprightness.

I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths.

12 When walking you not anyone will hinder step[s] your and if you will run not you will stumble.

When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.

13 Take hold on discipline may not you let go keep her for she [is] life your.

Take firm hold of instruction. Don’t let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.

14 In [the] path of wicked [people] may not you go and may not you advance in [the] way of evil [people].

Don’t enter into the path of the wicked. Don’t walk in the way of evil men.

15 Avoid it may not you pass along on it turn aside from on it and pass on.

Avoid it, and don’t pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.

16 For not they will sleep if not they do harm and it is taken away sleep their if not (they bring injury. *QK)

For they don’t sleep unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.

17 For they eat [the] bread of wickedness and [the] wine of violence they drink.

For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

18 And [the] path of righteous [people] [is] like a light of brightness [which] goes and [which] shines until [the] established [part] of the day.

But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.

19 [the] way of Wicked [people] [is] like darkness not they know on what? are they stumbling.

The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.

20 O son my to words my be attentive! to utterances my incline ear your.

My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.

21 Do not let them depart from eyes your keep them in [the] midst of heart your.

Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the center of your heart.

22 For [are] life they to [those who] find them and to all flesh his health.

For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.

23 More than all guarding guard heart your for [are] from it [the] sources of life.

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

24 Remove from yourself crookedness of mouth and deviousness of lips put far away from yourself.

Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.

25 Eyes your before let them look and eyelids your let them look straight before you.

Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.

26 Make level [the] track of foot your and all ways your let them be steadfast.

Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.

27 May not you turn aside right and left turn aside foot your from evil.

Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.