en_RV1895 - Pro 4 - Ozzuu Bible

¹ Hear, my sons, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding:

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

³ For I was a son unto my father, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother

⁴ And he taught me, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words; keep my commandments, and live:

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

⁶ Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee; Love her, and she shall keep thee

⁷ Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: Yea, with all thou hast gotten get understanding

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

⁹ She shall give to thine head a chaplet of grace: A crown of beauty shall she deliver to thee

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

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

¹² When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble

¹³ Take fast hold of instruction; Let her not go: Keep her; for she is thy life

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

¹⁵ Avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass on

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

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

¹⁸ But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day

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

²⁰ My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings

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

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

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

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

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

²⁶ Make level the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established

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