Rotherham - Proverbs - 4

4:1  Hear, ye sons, the correction of a father, and attend, that ye may know understanding.

4:2  For, good teaching, have I given you, mine instruction, do not ye forsake.

4:3  For, a son, became I to my father, tender and most precious in the sight of my mother.

4:4  So he taught me, and said to me—Let thy heart, lay hold of my words, Keep my commandments and live!

4:5  Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding, Do not forget, neither decline thou from the sayings of my mouth.

4:6  Do not forsake her, and she will guard thee,—love her and she will keep thee.

4:7  The principal thing, is wisdom, acquire thou wisdom, With all thine acquisition, acquire thou understanding.

4:8  Exalt her, and she will set thee on high, she will bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her:

4:9  She will give for thy head, a wreath of beauty, A crown of adorning, will she bestow upon thee.

4:10  Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and they will multiply to thee the years of life.

4:11  In the way of wisdom, have I taught thee, I have guided thee in tracks of uprightness.

4:12  When thou walkest, thy step shall not be hemmed in, and, if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

4:13  Take fast hold of correction, let her not go,—keep her, for, she, is thy life.

4:14  Upon the path of the lawless, do not thou enter, and do not advance in the way of the wicked:

4:15  Avoid it, do not pass thereon—turn from it, and depart.

4:16  For they sleep not, unless they can do mischief,—They rob themselves of their sleep, if they cannot cause someone to stumble,

4:17  For they consume bread gotten by lawlessness, and, wine obtained by violence, they drink.

4:18  But, the path of the righteous, is as the light of dawn,—going on and brightening, unto meridian day.

4:19  The way of the lawless, is like darkness, they know not, at what they stumble.

4:20  My son, to my words, attend, to my sayings, incline thou thine ear;

4:21  Let them not depart from thine eyes, keep them in the midst of thy heart;

4:22  For, life, they are, to them who find them,—and, to every part of one’s flesh, they bring healing.

4:23  Above all that must be guarded, keep thou thy heart, for, out of it, are the issues of life.

4:24  Remove from thee, perverseness of mouth, and, craftiness of lips, put far from thee.

4:25  Let, thine eyes, right onward, look,—and, thine eyelashes, point straight before thee.

4:26  Make level the track of thy foot, that, all thy ways, may be directed aright:

4:27  Decline not, to the right hand or to the left,—Turn away thy foot from wickedness.