Proverbs 4 | BSB Bible Study

Proverbs 4:1 (BSB)
Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.

Proverbs 4:2 (BSB)
For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive.

Proverbs 4:3 (BSB)
When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother,

Proverbs 4:4 (BSB)
he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live.

Proverbs 4:5 (BSB)
Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.

Proverbs 4:6 (BSB)
Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.

Proverbs 4:7 (BSB)
Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.

Proverbs 4:8 (BSB)
Prize her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you.

Proverbs 4:9 (BSB)
She will set a garland of grace on your head; she will present you with a crown of beauty.”

Proverbs 4:10 (BSB)
Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many.

Proverbs 4:11 (BSB)
I will guide you in the way of wisdom; I will lead you on straight paths.

Proverbs 4:12 (BSB)
When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble.

Proverbs 4:13 (BSB)
Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.

Proverbs 4:14 (BSB)
Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.

Proverbs 4:15 (BSB)
Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.

Proverbs 4:16 (BSB)
For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.

Proverbs 4:17 (BSB)
For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

Proverbs 4:18 (BSB)
The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.

Proverbs 4:19 (BSB)
But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.

Proverbs 4:20 (BSB)
My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.

Proverbs 4:21 (BSB)
Do not lose sight of them; keep them within your heart.

Proverbs 4:22 (BSB)
For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.

Proverbs 4:23 (BSB)
Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.

Proverbs 4:24 (BSB)
Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech.

Proverbs 4:25 (BSB)
Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.

Proverbs 4:26 (BSB)
Make a level path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure.

Proverbs 4:27 (BSB)
Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away from evil.

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