# Proverbs 4 ## Proverbs 4:1 - [KJV] Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. - [ASV] Hear, *my* sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding: - [YLT] Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding. ### Notes on Proverbs 4:1 - ## Proverbs 4:2 - [KJV] For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. - [ASV] For I give you good doctrine; Forsake ye not my law. - [YLT] For good learning I have given to you, My law forsake not. ### Notes on Proverbs 4:2 - ## Proverbs 4:3 - [KJV] For I was my father's son, tender and only *beloved* in the sight of my mother. - [ASV] For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. - [YLT] For, a son I have been to my father -- tender, And an only one before my mother. ### Notes on Proverbs 4:3 - ## Proverbs 4:4 - [KJV] He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. - [ASV] And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live; - [YLT] And he directeth me, and he saith to me: 'Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live. ### Notes on Proverbs 4:4 - ## Proverbs 4:5 - [KJV] Get wisdom, get understanding: forget *it* not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. - [ASV] Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth; - [YLT] Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth. ### Notes on Proverbs 4:5 - ## Proverbs 4:6 - [KJV] Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. - [ASV] Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee. - [YLT] Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee. ### Notes on Proverbs 4:6 - ## Proverbs 4:7 - [KJV] Wisdom *is* the principal thing; *therefore* get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. - [ASV] Wisdom *is* the principal thing; *Therefore* get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding. - [YLT] The first thing *is* wisdom -- get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding. ### Notes on Proverbs 4:7 - ## Proverbs 4:8 - [KJV] Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. - [ASV] Exalt her, and she will promote thee; She will bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her. - [YLT] Exalt her, and she doth lift thee up, She honoureth thee, when thou dost embrace her. ### Notes on Proverbs 4:8 - ## Proverbs 4:9 - [KJV] She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. - [ASV] She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; A crown of beauty will she deliver to thee. - [YLT] She giveth to thy head a wreath of grace, A crown of beauty she doth give thee freely. ### Notes on Proverbs 4:9 - ## Proverbs 4:10 - [KJV] Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. - [ASV] Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of thy life shall be many. - [YLT] Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life *are* multiplied to thee. ### Notes on Proverbs 4:10 - ## Proverbs 4:11 - [KJV] I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. - [ASV] I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness. - [YLT] In a way of wisdom I have directed thee, I have caused thee to tread in paths of uprightness. ### Notes on Proverbs 4:11 - ## Proverbs 4:12 - [KJV] When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. - [ASV] When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; And if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. - [YLT] In thy walking thy step is not straitened, And if thou runnest, thou stumblest not. ### Notes on Proverbs 4:12 - ## Proverbs 4:13 - [KJV] Take fast hold of instruction; let *her* not go: keep her; for she *is* thy life. - [ASV] Take fast hold of instruction; Let her not go: Keep her; For she is thy life. - [YLT] Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she *is* thy life. ### Notes on Proverbs 4:13 - ## Proverbs 4:14 - [KJV] Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil *men*. - [ASV] Enter not into the path of the wicked, And walk not in the way of evil men. - [YLT] Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers. ### Notes on Proverbs 4:14 - ## Proverbs 4:15 - [KJV] Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. - [ASV] Avoid it, pass not by it; Turn from it, and pass on. - [YLT] Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on. ### Notes on Proverbs 4:15 - ## Proverbs 4:16 - [KJV] For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause *some* to fall. - [ASV] For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. - [YLT] For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not *some* to stumble. ### Notes on Proverbs 4:16 - ## Proverbs 4:17 - [KJV] For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. - [ASV] For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence. - [YLT] For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink. ### Notes on Proverbs 4:17 - ## Proverbs 4:18 - [KJV] But the path of the just *is* as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. - [ASV] But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day. - [YLT] And the path of the righteous *is* as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established, ### Notes on Proverbs 4:18 - ## Proverbs 4:19 - [KJV] The way of the wicked *is* as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. - [ASV] The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble. - [YLT] The way of the wicked *is* as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble. ### Notes on Proverbs 4:19 - ## Proverbs 4:20 - [KJV] My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. - [ASV] My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings. - [YLT] My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear, ### Notes on Proverbs 4:20 - ## Proverbs 4:21 - [KJV] Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. - [ASV] Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart. - [YLT] Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart. ### Notes on Proverbs 4:21 - ## Proverbs 4:22 - [KJV] For they *are* life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. - [ASV] For they are life unto those that find them, And health to all their flesh. - [YLT] For life they *are* to those finding them, And to all their flesh healing. ### Notes on Proverbs 4:22 - ## Proverbs 4:23 - [KJV] Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it *are* the issues of life. - [ASV] Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life. - [YLT] Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it *are* the outgoings of life. ### Notes on Proverbs 4:23 - ## Proverbs 4:24 - [KJV] Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. - [ASV] Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee. - [YLT] Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee, ### Notes on Proverbs 4:24 - ## Proverbs 4:25 - [KJV] Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. - [ASV] Let thine eyes look right on, And let thine eyelids look straight before thee. - [YLT] Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee. ### Notes on Proverbs 4:25 - ## Proverbs 4:26 - [KJV] Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. - [ASV] Make level the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established. - [YLT] Ponder thou the path of thy feet, And all thy ways *are* established. ### Notes on Proverbs 4:26 - ## Proverbs 4:27 - [KJV] Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil. - [ASV] Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil. - [YLT] Incline not *to* the right or to the left, Turn aside thy foot from evil! ### Notes on Proverbs 4:27 -