Proverbs 4 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Proverbs 5

¹My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding,

KJVMy son^H1121, attend^H7181^(H8685) unto my wisdom^H2451, and bow^H5186^(H8685) thine ear^H241 to my understanding^H8394:

² that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.

KJVThat thou mayest regard^H8104^(H8800) discretion^H4209, and that thy lips^H8193 may keep^H5341^(H8799) knowledge^H1847.

³ For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,

KJVFor the lips^H8193 of a strange woman^H2114^(H8801) drop^H5197^(H8799) as an honeycomb^H5317, and her mouth^H2441 is smoother^H2509 than oil^H8081:

⁴ but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.

KJVBut her end^H319 is bitter^H4751 as wormwood^H3939, sharp^H2299 as a twoedged^H6310 sword^H2719.

⁵ Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol.

KJVHer feet^H7272 go down^H3381^(H8802) to death^H4194; her steps^H6806 take hold^H8551^(H8799) on hell^H7585.

⁶ She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn’t know it.

KJVLest thou shouldest ponder^H6424^(H8762) the path^H734 of life^H2416, her ways^H4570 are moveable^H5128^(H8804), that thou canst not know^H3045^(H8799) them.

⁷ Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don’t depart from the words of my mouth.

KJVHear^H8085^(H8798) me now therefore, O ye children^H1121, and depart^H5493^(H8799) not from the words^H561 of my mouth^H6310.

⁸ Remove your way far from her. Don’t come near the door of her house,

KJVRemove^H7368 thy way^H1870 far^H7368^(H8685) from her, and come not nigh^H7126^(H8799) the door^H6607 of her house^H1004:

⁹ lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;

KJVLest thou give^H5414^(H8799) thine honour^H1935 unto others^H312, and thy years^H8141 unto the cruel^H394:

¹⁰ lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man’s house.

KJVLest strangers^H2114^(H8801) be filled^H7646^(H8799) with thy wealth^H3581; and thy labours^H6089 be in the house^H1004 of a stranger^H5237;

¹¹ You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed,

KJVAnd thou mourn^H5098^(H8804) at the last^H319, when thy flesh^H1320 and thy body^H7607 are consumed^H3615^(H8800),

¹² and say, “How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof.

KJVAnd say^H559^(H8804), How have I hated^H8130^(H8804) instruction^H4148, and my heart^H3820 despised^H5006^(H8804) reproof^H8433;

¹³ I haven’t obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!

KJVAnd have not obeyed^H8085^(H8804) the voice^H6963 of my teachers^H3384^(H8688), nor inclined^H5186^(H8689) mine ear^H241 to them that instructed^H3925^(H8764) me!

¹⁴ I have come to the brink of utter ruin, among the gathered assembly.”

KJVI was almost^H4592 in all evil^H7451 in the midst^H8432 of the congregation^H6951 and assembly^H5712.

¹⁵ Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well.

KJVDrink^H8354^(H8798) waters^H4325 out of thine own cistern^H953, and running waters^H5140^(H8802) out of^H8432 thine own well^H875.

¹⁶ Should your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares?

KJVLet thy fountains^H4599 be dispersed^H6327^(H8799) abroad^H2351, and rivers^H6388 of waters^H4325 in the streets^H7339.

¹⁷ Let them be for yourself alone, not for strangers with you.

KJVLet them be only thine own, and not strangers^H2114^(H8801)' with thee.

¹⁸ Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.

KJVLet thy fountain^H4726 be blessed^H1288^(H8803): and rejoice^H8055^(H8798) with the wife^H802 of thy youth^H5271.

¹⁹ A loving doe and a graceful deer— let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.

KJVLet her be as the loving^H158 hind^H365 and pleasant^H2580 roe^H3280; let her breasts^H1717 satisfy^H7301^(H8762) thee at all times^H6256; and be thou ravished^H7686^(H8799) always^H8548 with her love^H160.

²⁰ For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?

KJVAnd why wilt thou, my son^H1121, be ravished^H7686^(H8799) with a strange woman^H2114^(H8801), and embrace^H2263^(H8762) the bosom^H2436 of a stranger^H5237?

²¹ For the ways of man are before Yahweh’s eyes. He examines all his paths.

KJVFor the ways^H1870 of man^H376 are before^H5227 the eyes^H5869 of the LORD^H3068, and he pondereth^H6424^(H8764) all his goings^H4570.

²² The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.

KJVHis own iniquities^H5771 shall take^H3920^(H8799) the wicked^H7563 himself, and he shall be holden^H8551^(H8735) with the cords^H2256 of his sins^H2403.

²³ He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.

KJVHe shall die^H4191^(H8799) without instruction^H4148; and in the greatness^H7230 of his folly^H200 he shall go astray^H7686^(H8799).

WEB·Proverbs 4

¹Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;

KJVHear^H8085^(H8798), ye children^H1121, the instruction^H4148 of a father^H1, and attend^H7181^(H8685) to know^H3045^(H8800) understanding^H998.

² for I give you sound learning. Don’t forsake my law.

KJVFor I give^H5414^(H8804) you good^H2896 doctrine^H3948, forsake^H5800^(H8799) ye not my law^H8451.

³ For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.

KJVFor I was my father's^H1 son^H1121, tender^H7390 and only^H3173 beloved in the sight^H6440 of my mother^H517.

⁴ He taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.

KJVHe taught^H3384^(H8686) me also, and said^H559^(H8799) unto me, Let thine heart^H3820 retain^H8551^(H8799) my words^H1697: keep^H8104^(H8798) my commandments^H4687, and live^H2421^(H8798).

⁵ Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth.

KJVGet^H7069^(H8798) wisdom^H2451, get^H7069^(H8798) understanding^H998: forget^H7911^(H8799) it not; neither decline^H5186^(H8799) from the words^H561 of my mouth^H6310.

⁶ Don’t forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.

KJVForsake^H5800^(H8799) her not, and she shall preserve^H8104^(H8799) thee: love^H157^(H8798) her, and she shall keep^H5341^(H8799) thee.

⁷ Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.

KJVWisdom^H2451 is the principal thing^H7225; therefore get^H7069^(H8798) wisdom^H2451: and with all thy getting^H7075 get understanding^H998.

⁸ Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor when you embrace her.

KJVExalt^H5549^(H8769) her, and she shall promote^H7311^(H8787) thee: she shall bring thee to honour^H3513^(H8762), when thou dost embrace^H2263^(H8762) her.

⁹ She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you.”

KJVShe shall give^H5414^(H8799) to thine head^H7218 an ornament^H3880 of grace^H2580: a crown^H5850 of glory^H8597 shall she deliver^H4042^(H8762) to thee.

¹⁰ Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.

KJVHear^H8085^(H8798), O my son^H1121, and receive^H3947^(H8798) my sayings^H561; and the years^H8141 of thy life^H2416 shall be many^H7235^(H8799).

¹¹ I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths.

KJVI have taught^H3384^(H8689) thee in the way^H1870 of wisdom^H2451; I have led^H1869^(H8689) thee in right^H3476 paths^H4570.

¹² When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.

KJVWhen thou goest^H3212^(H8800), thy steps^H6806 shall not be straitened^H3334^(H8799); and when thou runnest^H7323^(H8799), thou shalt not stumble^H3782^(H8735).

¹³ Take firm hold of instruction. Don’t let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.

KJVTake fast hold^H2388^(H8685) of instruction^H4148; let her not go^H7503^(H8686): keep^H5341^(H8798) her; for she is thy life^H2416.

¹⁴ Don’t enter into the path of the wicked. Don’t walk in the way of evil men.

KJVEnter^H935^(H8799) not into the path^H734 of the wicked^H7563, and go^H833^(H8762) not in the way^H1870 of evil^H7451 men.

¹⁵ Avoid it, and don’t pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.

KJVAvoid^H6544^(H8798) it, pass^H5674^(H8799) not by it, turn^H7847^(H8798) from it, and pass away^H5674^(H8798).

¹⁶ For they don’t sleep unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.

KJVFor they sleep^H3462^(H8799) not, except they have done mischief^H7489^(H8686); and their sleep^H8142 is taken away^H1497^(H8738), unless they cause some to fall^H3782^(H8686)^(H8675)^H3782^(H8799).

¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

KJVFor they eat^H3898^(H8804) the bread^H3899 of wickedness^H7562, and drink^H8354^(H8799) the wine^H3196 of violence^H2555.

¹⁸ But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.

KJVBut the path^H734 of the just^H6662 is as the shining^H5051 light^H216, that shineth^H215^(H8804) more^H1980^(H8802) and more unto the perfect^H3559^(H8737) day^H3117.

¹⁹ The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.

KJVThe way^H1870 of the wicked^H7563 is as darkness^H653: they know^H3045^(H8804) not at what they stumble^H3782^(H8735).

²⁰ My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.

KJVMy son^H1121, attend^H7181^(H8685) to my words^H1697; incline^H5186^(H8685) thine ear^H241 unto my sayings^H561.

²¹ Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the center of your heart.

KJVLet them not depart^H3868^(H8686) from thine eyes^H5869; keep^H8104^(H8798) them in the midst^H8432 of thine heart^H3824.

²² For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.

KJVFor they are life^H2416 unto those that find^H4672^(H8802) them, and health^H4832 to all their flesh^H1320.

²³ Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

KJVKeep^H5341^(H8798) thy heart^H3820 with all diligence^H4929; for out of it are the issues^H8444 of life^H2416.

²⁴ Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.

KJVPut away^H5493^(H8685) from thee a froward^H6143 mouth^H6310, and perverse^H3891 lips^H8193 put far^H7368^(H8685) from thee.

²⁵ Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.

KJVLet thine eyes^H5869 look^H5027^(H8686) right on^H5227, and let thine eyelids^H6079 look straight^H3474^(H8686) before thee.

²⁶ Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.

KJVPonder^H6424^(H8761) the path^H4570 of thy feet^H7272, and let all thy ways^H1870 be established^H3559^(H8735).

²⁷ Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.

KJVTurn^H5186^(H8799) not to the right hand^H3225 nor to the left^H8040: remove^H5493^(H8685) thy foot^H7272 from evil^H7451.

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