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Proverbs 4:5-9
English Standard Version
Proverbs 4:5-9
English Standard Version
5 (A)Get wisdom; get (B)insight;
do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
6 Do not forsake her, and she will keep you;
(C)love her, and she will guard you.
7 (D)The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom,
and whatever you get, get (E)insight.
8 Prize her highly, and she will exalt you;
she will (F)honor you (G)if you embrace her.
9 She will place on your head (H)a graceful garland;
she will bestow on you a beautiful crown.”
Proverbs 4:5-9
New International Version
Proverbs 4:5-9
New International Version
5 Get wisdom,(A) get understanding;
do not forget my words or turn away from them.
6 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you;(B)
love her, and she will watch over you.(C)
7 The beginning of wisdom is this: Get[a] wisdom.
Though it cost all(D) you have,[b] get understanding.(E)
8 Cherish her, and she will exalt you;
embrace her, and she will honor you.(F)
9 She will give you a garland to grace your head
and present you with a glorious crown.(G)”
Footnotes
- Proverbs 4:7 Or Wisdom is supreme; therefore get
- Proverbs 4:7 Or wisdom. / Whatever else you get
Proverbs 4:5-9
King James Version
Proverbs 4:5-9
King James Version
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: and with all thy getting 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 an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
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Proverbs 4:18-27
English Standard Version
Proverbs 4:18-27
English Standard Version
18 But (A)the path of the righteous is like (B)the light of dawn,
which shines (C)brighter and brighter until (D)full day.
19 (E)The way of the wicked is like deep (F)darkness;
they do not know over what they (G)stumble.
20 (H)My son, be attentive to my words;
incline your ear to my sayings.
21 (I)Let them not escape from your sight;
(J)keep them within your heart.
22 For they are (K)life to those who find them,
and healing to all their[a] flesh.
23 Keep your heart with all vigilance,
for (L)from it flow (M)the springs of life.
24 Put away from you (N)crooked speech,
and put (O)devious talk far from you.
25 (P)Let your eyes look directly forward,
and your gaze be straight before you.
26 (Q)Ponder[b] the path of your feet;
(R)then all your ways will be sure.
27 (S)Do not swerve to the right or to the left;
turn your foot away from evil.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 4:22 Hebrew his
- Proverbs 4:26 Or Make level
Proverbs 4:18-27
New International Version
Proverbs 4:18-27
New International Version
18 The path of the righteous(A) is like the morning sun,(B)
shining ever brighter till the full light of day.(C)
19 But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness;(D)
they do not know what makes them stumble.(E)
20 My son,(F) pay attention to what I say;
turn your ear to my words.(G)
21 Do not let them out of your sight,(H)
keep them within your heart;
22 for they are life to those who find them
and health to one’s whole body.(I)
23 Above all else, guard(J) your heart,
for everything you do flows from it.(K)
24 Keep your mouth free of perversity;
keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
25 Let your eyes(L) look straight ahead;
fix your gaze directly before you.
26 Give careful thought to the[a] paths for your feet(M)
and be steadfast in all your ways.
27 Do not turn to the right or the left;(N)
keep your foot from evil.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 4:26 Or Make level
Proverbs 4:18-27
King James Version
Proverbs 4:18-27
King James Version
18 But the path of the just 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 Ponder 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.
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