The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Proverbs 4:1 (NASB)

Hear, O sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention that you may gain understanding,

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Proverbs 4:2 (NASB)

For I give you sound teaching; Do not abandon my instruction.

 

[Deade]

Proverbs 4:3 (NASB)

When I was a son to my father, tender and the only son in the sight of my mother,

 

[Deade]

Proverbs 4:4 (NASB)

Then he taught me and said to me, “Let your heart hold fast my words; Keep my commandments and live;

 

[Deade]

Proverbs 4:5 (NASB)

Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding! Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Proverbs 4:6 (NKJV)
Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you; Love her, and she will keep you.

 

[Deade]

Proverbs 4:7 (NKJV)

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding.

 

[Deade]

Proverbs 4:8 (NKJV)

Exalt her, and she will promote you; she will bring you honor, when you embrace her.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Proverbs 4:9 (NKJV)

She will place on your head an ornament of grace; A crown of glory she will deliver to you.”

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Proverbs 4:10 (NKJV)

Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And the years of your life will be many.

 

[Deade]

Proverbs 4:11 (NKJV)

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

 

[Deade]

Proverbs 4:12 (NKJV)

When you walk, your steps will not be hindered, and when you run, you will not stumble.

 

[Chester]

Proverbs 4:13 English Standard Version (ESV)

Keep hold of instruction; do not let go;
guard her, for she is your life.

 

[Chester]

Proverbs 4:14 English Standard Version (ESV)


Do not enter the path of the wicked,
and do not walk in the way of the evil.

 

[Deade]

Proverbs 4:15 (ESV)

Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on.

 

[Deade]

Proverbs 4:16 (ESV)

For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Proverbs 4:17 (NKJV)
For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Proverbs 4:18 (JPS Tanakh 1917)
But the path of the righteous is as the light of dawn, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

 

[Deade]

Proverbs 4:19 (ESV)

The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble.

 

[Deade]

Proverbs 4:20 (ESV)

My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.