Proverbs 4 — YLT
4Verse 1Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.Verse 2For good learning I have given to you, My law forsake not.Verse 3For, a son I have been to my father — tender, And an only one before my mother.Verse 4And he directeth me, and he saith to me: 'Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live.Verse 5Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth.Verse 6Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee.Verse 7The first thing [is] wisdom — get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding.Verse 8Exalt her, and she doth lift thee up, She honoureth thee, when thou dost embrace her.Verse 9She giveth to thy head a wreath of grace, A crown of beauty she doth give thee freely.Verse 10Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life [are] multiplied to thee.Verse 11In a way of wisdom I have directed thee, I have caused thee to tread in paths of uprightness.Verse 12In thy walking thy step is not straitened, And if thou runnest, thou stumblest not.Verse 13Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she [is] thy life.Verse 14Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers.Verse 15Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on.Verse 16For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not [some] to stumble.Verse 17For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink.Verse 18And the path of the righteous [is] as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established,Verse 19The way of the wicked [is] as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble.Verse 20My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear,Verse 21Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart.Verse 22For life they [are] to those finding them, And to all their flesh healing.Verse 23Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it [are] the outgoings of life.Verse 24Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,Verse 25Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee.Verse 26Ponder thou the path of thy feet, And all thy ways [are] established.Verse 27Incline not [to] the right or to the left, Turn aside thy foot from evil!