# Proverbs 4

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/4
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

## Text

[1] Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction;
pay attention and gain understanding. [2] For I give you sound teaching;
do not abandon my directive. [3] When I was a son to my father,
tender and the only child of my mother, [4] he taught me and said,
“Let your heart lay hold of my words;
keep my commands and you will live. [5] Get wisdom, get understanding;
do not forget my words or turn from them. [6] Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you;
love her, and she will guard you. [7] Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom.
And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding. [8] Prize her, and she will exalt you;
if you embrace her, she will honor you. [9] She will set a garland of grace on your head;
she will present you with a crown of beauty.” [10] Listen, my son, and receive my words,
and the years of your life will be many. [11] I will guide you in the way of wisdom;
I will lead you on straight paths. [12] When you walk, your steps will not be impeded;
when you run, you will not stumble. [13] Hold on to instruction; do not let go.
Guard it, for it is your life. [14] Do not set foot on the path of the wicked
or walk in the way of evildoers. [15] Avoid it; do not travel on it.
Turn from it and pass on by. [16] For they cannot sleep
unless they do evil;
they are deprived of slumber
until they make someone fall. [17] For they eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence. [18] The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn,
shining brighter and brighter until midday. [19] But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom;
they do not know what makes them stumble. [20] My son, pay attention to my words;
incline your ear to my sayings. [21] Do not lose sight of them;
keep them within your heart. [22] For they are life to those who find them,
and health to the whole body. [23] Guard your heart with all diligence,
for from it flow springs of life. [24] Put away deception from your mouth;
keep your lips from perverse speech. [25] Let your eyes look forward;
fix your gaze straight ahead. [26] Make a level path for your feet,
and all your ways will be sure. [27] Do not swerve to the right or to the left;
turn your feet away from evil.

## Each verse

- Proverbs 4:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/4/1
- Proverbs 4:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/4/2
- Proverbs 4:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/4/3
- Proverbs 4:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/4/4
- Proverbs 4:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/4/5
- Proverbs 4:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/4/6
- Proverbs 4:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/4/7
- Proverbs 4:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/4/8
- Proverbs 4:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/4/9
- Proverbs 4:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/4/10
- Proverbs 4:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/4/11
- Proverbs 4:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/4/12
- Proverbs 4:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/4/13
- Proverbs 4:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/4/14
- Proverbs 4:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/4/15
- Proverbs 4:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/4/16
- Proverbs 4:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/4/17
- Proverbs 4:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/4/18
- Proverbs 4:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/4/19
- Proverbs 4:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/4/20
- Proverbs 4:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/4/21
- Proverbs 4:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/4/22
- Proverbs 4:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/4/23
- Proverbs 4:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/4/24
- Proverbs 4:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/4/25
- Proverbs 4:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/4/26
- Proverbs 4:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/4/27