| Proverbs 4 - Versions
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| Proverbs 4 Text (WEB)
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- Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;
- for I give you sound learning. Don't forsake my law.
- For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.
- He taught me, and said to me: "Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.
- Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth.
- Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.
- Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.
- Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her.
- She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you."
- Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.
- I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths.
- When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.
- Take firm hold of instruction. Don't let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.
- Don't enter into the path of the wicked. Don't walk in the way of evil men.
- Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.
- For they don't sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.
- For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
- But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.
- The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over.
- My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.
- Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart.
- For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.
- Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.
- Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.
- Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.
- Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.
- Don't turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.
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| Proverbs 4 Text (Hebrew)
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- שמעו בנים מוסר אב והקשיבו לדעת בינה׃
- כי לקח טוב נתתי לכם תורתי אל־תעזבו׃
- כי־בן הייתי לאבי רך ויחיד לפני אמי׃
- וירני ויאמר לי יתמך־דברי לבך שמר מצותי וחיה׃
- קנה חכמה קנה בינה אל־תשכח ואל־תט מאמרי־פי׃
- אל־תעזבה ותשמרך אהבה ותצרך׃
- ראשית חכמה קנה חכמה ובכל־קנינך קנה בינה׃
- סלסלה ותרוממך תכבדך כי תחבקנה׃
- תתן לראשך לוית־חן עטרת תפארת תמגנך׃
- שמע בני וקח אמרי וירבו לך שנות חיים׃
- בדרך חכמה הרתיך הדרכתיך במעגלי־ישר׃
- בלכתך לא־יצר צעדך ואם־תרוץ לא תכשל׃
- החזק במוסר אל־תרף נצרה כי־היא חייך׃
- בארח רשעים אל־תבא ואל־תאשר בדרך רעים׃
- פרעהו אל־תעבר־בו שטה מעליו ועבור׃
- כי לא ישנו אם־לא ירעו ונגזלה שנתם אם־לא ׃
- כי לחמו לחם רשע ויין חמסים ישתו׃
- וארח צדיקים כאור נגה הולך ואור עד־נכון היום׃
- דרך רשעים כאפלה לא ידעו במה יכשלו׃ ף
- בני לדברי הקשיבה לאמרי הט־אזנך׃
- אל־יליזו מעיניך שמרם בתוך לבבך׃
- כי־חיים הם למצאיהם ולכל־בשרו מרפא׃
- מכל־משמר נצר לבך כי־ממנו תוצאות חיים׃
- הסר ממך עקשות פה ולזות שפתים הרחק ממך׃
- עיניך לנכח יביטו ועפעפיך יישרו נגדך׃
- פלס מעגל רגלך וכל־דרכיך יכנו׃
- אל־תט־ימין ושמאול הסר רגלך מרע׃
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| Proverbs 4 Text (Latin)
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- Audite, filii, disciplinam patris, et attendite ut sciatis prudentiam.
- Donum bonum tribuam vobis : legem meam ne derelinquatis.
- Nam et ego filius fui patris mei, tenellus et unigenitus coram matre mea.
- Et docebat me, atque dicebat : Suscipiat verba mea cor tuum ; custodi præcepta mea, et vives.
- Posside sapientiam, posside prudentiam. Ne obliviscaris, neque declines a verbis oris mei.
- Ne dimittas eam, et custodiet te : dilige eam, et conservabit te.
- Principium sapientiæ, posside sapientiam ; et in omni possessione tua acquire prudentiam.
- Arripe illam, et exaltabit te ; glorificaberis ab ea cum eam fueris amplexatus.
- Dabit capiti tuo augmenta gratiarum, et corona inclyta proteget te.
- Audi, fili mi, et suscipe verba mea, ut multiplicentur tibi anni vitæ.
- Viam sapientiæ monstrabo tibi ; ducam te per semitas æquitatis ;
- quas cum ingressus fueris, non arctabuntur gressus tui, et currens non habebis offendiculum.
- Tene disciplinam, ne dimittas eam ; custodi illam, quia ipsa est vita tua.
- Ne delecteris in semitis impiorum, nec tibi placeat malorum via.
- Fuge ab ea, nec transeas per illam ; declina, et desere eam.
- Non enim dormiunt nisi malefecerint, et rapitur somnus ab eis nisi supplantaverint.
- Comedunt panem impietatis, et vinum iniquitatis bibunt.
- Justorum autem semita quasi lux splendens procedit, et crescit usque ad perfectam diem.
- Via impiorum tenebrosa ; nesciunt ubi corruant.
- Fili mi, ausculta sermones meos, et ad eloquia mea inclina aurem tuam.
- Ne recedant ab oculis tuis, custodi ea in medio cordis tui :
- vita enim sunt invenientibus ea, et universæ carni sanitas.
- Omni custodia serva cor tuum, quia ex ipso vita procedit.
- Remove a te os pravum, et detrahentia labia sint procul a te.
- Oculi tui recta videant, et palpebræ tuæ præcedant gressus tuos.
- Dirige semitam pedibus tuis, et omnes viæ tuæ stabilientur.
- Ne declines ad dexteram neque ad sinistram ; averte pedem tuum a malo : vias enim quæ a dextris sunt novit Dominus : perversæ vero sunt quæ a sinistris sunt. Ipse autem rectos faciet cursus tuos, itinera autem tua in pace producet.
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| Proverbs 4 Text (KJV)
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- Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
- For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
- For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
- He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
- Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
- Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
- Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
- Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
- She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
- Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
- I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
- When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
- Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
- Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
- Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
- For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
- For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
- But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
- The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
- My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
- Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
- For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
- Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
- Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
- Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
- Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
- Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
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