Proverbs 4:10-13
English Standard Version
10 (A)Hear, (B)my son, and accept my words,
that (C)the years of your life may be many.
11 I have (D)taught you the way of wisdom;
I have led you in the paths of uprightness.
12 When you walk, (E)your step will not be hampered,
and (F)if you run, you will not stumble.
13 (G)Keep hold of instruction; do not let go;
guard her, for she is your (H)life.
Proverbs 4:10-13
Revised Standard Version
Admonition to Keep to the Right Path
10 Hear, my son, and accept my words,
that the years of your life may be many.
11 I have taught you the way of wisdom;
I have led you in the paths of uprightness.
12 When you walk, your step will not be hampered;
and if you run, you will not stumble.
13 Keep hold of instruction, do not let go;
guard her, for she is your life.
Proverbs 4:20-27
English Standard Version
20 (A)My son, be attentive to my words;
incline your ear to my sayings.
21 (B)Let them not escape from your sight;
(C)keep them within your heart.
22 For they are (D)life to those who find them,
and healing to all their[a] flesh.
23 Keep your heart with all vigilance,
for (E)from it flow (F)the springs of life.
24 Put away from you (G)crooked speech,
and put (H)devious talk far from you.
25 (I)Let your eyes look directly forward,
and your gaze be straight before you.
26 (J)Ponder[b] the path of your feet;
(K)then all your ways will be sure.
27 (L)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 4:20-27
Revised Standard Version
20 My son, be attentive to my words;
incline your ear to my sayings.
21 Let them not escape from your sight;
keep them within your heart.
22 For they are life to him who finds them,
and healing to all his flesh.
23 Keep your heart with all vigilance;
for from it flow the springs of life.
24 Put away from you crooked speech,
and put devious talk far from you.
25 Let your eyes look directly forward,
and your gaze be straight before you.
26 Take heed to[a] the path of your feet,
then all your ways will be sure.
27 Do not swerve to the right or to the left;
turn your foot away from evil.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 4:26 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
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