Proverbs 4 — KJVCP

4Verse 1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father,
And attend to know understanding.
^{Verse 2}For I give you good doctrine,
Forsake you not my law.
^{Verse 3}For I was my father’s son,
Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
^{Verse 4}He taught me also, and said unto me,
Let thine heart retain my words:
Keep my commandments, and live.
^{Verse 5}Get wisdom, get understanding:
Forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
^{Verse 6}Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee:
Love her, and she shall keep thee.
^{Verse 7}Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom:
And with all thy getting get understanding.
^{Verse 8}Exalt her, and she shall promote thee:
She shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
^{Verse 9}She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace:
A crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.^{Verse 10}Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings;
And the years of thy life shall be many.
^{Verse 11}I have taught thee in the way of wisdom;
I have led thee in right paths.
^{Verse 12}When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened;
And when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
^{Verse 13}Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go:
Keep her; for she is thy life.^{Verse 14}Enter not into the path of the wicked,
And go not in the way of evil men.
^{Verse 15}Avoid it, pass not by it,
Turn from it, and pass away.
^{Verse 16}For they sleep not, except they have done mischief;
And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
^{Verse 17}For they eat the bread of wickedness,
And drink the wine of violence.
^{Verse 18}But the path of the just is as the shining light,
That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
^{Verse 19}The way of the wicked is as darkness:
They know not at what they stumble.^{Verse 20}My son, attend to my words;
Incline thine ear unto my sayings.
^{Verse 21}Let them not depart from thine eyes;
Keep them in the midst of thine heart.
^{Verse 22}For they are life unto those that find them,
And health to all their flesh.
^{Verse 23}Keep thy heart with all diligence;
For out of it are the issues of life.
^{Verse 24}Put away from thee a froward mouth,
And perverse lips put far from thee.
^{Verse 25}Let thine eyes look right on,
And let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
^{Verse 26}Ponder the path of thy feet,
And let all thy ways be established.
^{Verse 27}Turn not to the right hand nor to the left:
Remove thy foot from evil.