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The Listener’s Bible®: KJV Edition

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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">A Father's Instruction</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.4.1"><span class="content">And attend to know understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.4.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">For I give you good doctrine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.4.2"><span class="content">Forsake ye not my law.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.4.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For I was my father's son,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.4.3"><span class="content">Tender and only </span><span class="add"><span class="content">beloved</span></span><span class="content"> in the sight of my mother.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.4.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He taught me also, and said unto me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.4.4"><span class="content">Let thine heart retain my words:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.4.4"><span class="content">Keep my commandments, and live.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.4.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Get wisdom, get understanding:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.4.5"><span class="content">Forget </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it</span></span><span class="content"> not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.4.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.4.6"><span class="content">Love her, and she shall keep thee.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.4.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Wisdom </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the principal thing; </span><span class="add"><span class="content">therefore</span></span><span class="content"> get wisdom:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.4.7"><span class="content">And with all thy getting get understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.4.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Exalt her, and she shall promote thee:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.4.8"><span class="content">She shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.4.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.4.9"><span class="content">A crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.4.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.4.10"><span class="content">And the years of thy life shall be many.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.4.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I have taught thee in the way of wisdom;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.4.11"><span class="content">I have led thee in right paths.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.4.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.4.12"><span class="content">And when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.4.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Take fast hold of instruction; let </span><span class="add"><span class="content">her</span></span><span class="content"> not go:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.4.13"><span class="content">Keep her; for she </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> thy life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.4.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Enter not into the path of the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.4.14"><span class="content">And go not in the way of evil </span><span class="add"><span class="content">men</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.4.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Avoid it, pass not by it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.4.15"><span class="content">Turn from it, and pass away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.4.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For they sleep not, except they have done mischief;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.4.16"><span class="content">And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause </span><span class="add"><span class="content">some</span></span><span class="content"> to fall.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.4.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For they eat the bread of wickedness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.4.17"><span class="content">And drink the wine of violence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.4.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But the path of the just </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> as the shining light,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.4.18"><span class="content">That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.4.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.4.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The way of the wicked </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> as darkness:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.4.19"><span class="content">They know not at what they stumble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.4.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.4.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">My son, attend to my words;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.4.20"><span class="content">Incline thine ear unto my sayings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.4.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.4.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Let them not depart from thine eyes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.4.21"><span class="content">Keep them in the midst of thine heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.4.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.4.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">For they </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> life unto those that find them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.4.22"><span class="content">And health to all their flesh.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.4.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.4.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Keep thy heart with all diligence;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.4.23"><span class="content">For out of it </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> the issues of life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.4.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.4.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Put away from thee a froward mouth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.4.24"><span class="content">And perverse lips put far from thee.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.4.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.4.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Let thine eyes look right on,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.4.25"><span class="content">And let thine eyelids look straight before thee.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.4.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.4.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Ponder the path of thy feet,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.4.26"><span class="content">And let all thy ways be established.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.4.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.4.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Turn not to the right hand nor to the left:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.4.27"><span class="content">Remove thy foot from evil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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