Proverbs 4

1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

Heare, O ye children, the instruction of a father, and giue eare to learne vnderstanding.

2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

For I doe giue you a good doctrine: therefore forsake yee not my lawe.

3 For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

For I was my fathers sonne, tender and deare in the sight of my mother,

4 He taught me also, and said to me, Let thy heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

When he taught me, and sayde vnto me, Let thine heart holde fast my woordes: keepe my commandements, and thou shalt liue.

5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

Get wisedom: get vnderstading: forget not, neither decline from the woordes of my mouth.

6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

Forsake her not, and shee shall keepe thee: loue her and shee shall preserue thee.

7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

Wisedome is the beginning: get wisedome therefore: and aboue all thy possession get vnderstanding.

8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

Exalt her, and she shall exalt thee: she shall bring thee to honour, if thou embrace her.

9 She shall give to thy head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

She shall giue a comely ornamet vnto thine head, yea, she shall giue thee a crowne of glorie.

10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

Heare, my sonne, and receiue my wordes, and the yeeres of thy life shalbe many.

11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.

I haue taught thee in ye way of wisedom, and led thee in the pathes of righteousnesse.

12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be hindered; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

Whe thou goest, thy gate shall not be strait, and when thou runnest, thou shalt not fall.

13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

Take holde of instruction, and leaue not: keepe her, for shee is thy life.

14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

Enter not into the way of the wicked, and walke not in the way of euill men.

15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

Auoide it, and goe not by it: turne from it, and passe by.

16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

For they can not sleepe, except they haue done euill, and their sleepe departeth except they cause some to fall.

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

For they eate the breade of wickednesse, and drinke the wine of violence.

18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more to the perfect day.

But the way of the righteous shineth as the light, that shineth more and more vnto the perfite day.

19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

The way of the wicked is as the darkenes: they knowe not wherein they shall fall.

20 My son, attend to my words; incline thy ear to my sayings.

My sonne, hearken vnto my wordes, incline thine eare vnto my sayings.

21 Let them not depart from thy eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart.

Let them not depart from thine eyes, but keepe them in the middes of thine heart.

22 For they are life to those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

For they are life vnto those that find them, and health vnto all their flesh.

23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Keepe thine heart with all diligence: for thereout commeth life.

24 Put away from thee a perverse mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

Put away from thee a froward mouth, and put wicked lippes farre from thee.

25 Let thy eyes look right on, and let thy eyelids look straight before thee.

Let thine eyes beholde the right, and let thine eyelids direct thy way before thee.

26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

Ponder the path of thy feete, and let all thy waies be ordred aright.

27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

Turne not to the right hande, nor to the left, but remooue thy foote from euill.