Links to all Books and Chapters Today's Date: 4/7/2025 ======= Proverbs 4:1 ============ Pro 4:1 Hear, O sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention that you may gain understanding, (nasb) Pro 4:1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.(kjv) Pro 4:1 Hear, my children, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding;(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 4:2 ============ Pro 4:2 For I give you sound teaching; Do not abandon my instruction. (nasb) Pro 4:2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.(kjv) Pro 4:2 For I give you good doctrine: Do not forsake my law.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 4:3 ============ Pro 4:3 When I was a son to my father, Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother, (nasb) Pro 4:3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.(kjv) Pro 4:3 When I was my father's son, Tender and the only one in the sight of my mother,(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 4:4 ============ Pro 4:4 Then he taught me and said to me, "Let your heart hold fast my words; Keep my commandments and live; (nasb) Pro 4:4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.(kjv) Pro 4:4 He also taught me, and said to me: "Let your heart retain my words; Keep my commands, and live.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 4:5 ============ Pro 4:5 Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding! Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth. (nasb) Pro 4:5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.(kjv) Pro 4:5 Get wisdom! Get understanding! Do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 4:6 ============ Pro 4:6 "Do not forsake her, and she will guard you; Love her, and she will watch over you. (nasb) Pro 4:6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.(kjv) Pro 4:6 Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you; Love her, and she will keep you.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 4:7 ============ Pro 4:7 "The beginning of wisdom is: Acquire wisdom; And with all your acquiring, get understanding. (nasb) Pro 4:7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.(kjv) Pro 4:7 Wisdom is the principal thing; Therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 4:8 ============ Pro 4:8 "Prize her, and she will exalt you; She will honor you if you embrace her. (nasb) Pro 4:8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.(kjv) Pro 4:8 Exalt her, and she will promote you; She will bring you honor, when you embrace her.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 4:9 ============ Pro 4:9 "She will place on your head a garland of grace; She will present you with a crown of beauty."(nasb) Pro 4:9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.(kjv) Pro 4:9 She will place on your head an ornament of grace; A crown of glory she will deliver to you."(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 4:10 ============ Pro 4:10 Hear, my son, and accept my sayings And the years of your life will be many. (nasb) Pro 4:10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.(kjv) Pro 4:10 Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And the years of your life will be many.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 4:11 ============ Pro 4:11 I have directed you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in upright paths. (nasb) Pro 4:11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.(kjv) Pro 4:11 I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in right paths.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 4:12 ============ Pro 4:12 When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; And if you run, you will not stumble. (nasb) Pro 4:12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.(kjv) Pro 4:12 When you walk, your steps will not be hindered, And when you run, you will not stumble.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 4:13 ============ Pro 4:13 Take hold of instruction; do not let go. Guard her, for she is your life. (nasb) Pro 4:13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.(kjv) Pro 4:13 Take firm hold of instruction, do not let go; Keep her, for she is your life.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 4:14 ============ Pro 4:14 Do not enter the path of the wicked And do not proceed in the way of evil men. (nasb) Pro 4:14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.(kjv) Pro 4:14 Do not enter the path of the wicked, And do not walk in the way of evil.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 4:15 ============ Pro 4:15 Avoid it, do not pass by it; Turn away from it and pass on. (nasb) Pro 4:15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.(kjv) Pro 4:15 Avoid it, do not travel on it; Turn away from it and pass on.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 4:16 ============ Pro 4:16 For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; And they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble. (nasb) Pro 4:16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.(kjv) Pro 4:16 For they do not sleep unless they have done evil; And their sleep is taken away unless they make someone fall.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 4:17 ============ Pro 4:17 For they eat the bread of wickedness And drink the wine of violence. (nasb) Pro 4:17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.(kjv) Pro 4:17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 4:18 ============ Pro 4:18 But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, That shines brighter and brighter until the full day. (nasb) Pro 4:18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.(kjv) Pro 4:18 But the path of the just is like the shining sun, That shines ever brighter unto the perfect day.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 4:19 ============ Pro 4:19 The way of the wicked is like darkness; They do not know over what they stumble. (nasb) Pro 4:19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.(kjv) Pro 4:19 The way of the wicked is like darkness; They do not know what makes them stumble.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 4:20 ============ Pro 4:20 My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. (nasb) Pro 4:20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.(kjv) Pro 4:20 My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 4:21 ============ Pro 4:21 Do not let them depart from your sight; Keep them in the midst of your heart. (nasb) Pro 4:21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.(kjv) Pro 4:21 Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart;(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 4:22 ============ Pro 4:22 For they are life to those who find them And health to all their body. (nasb) Pro 4:22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.(kjv) Pro 4:22 For they are life to those who find them, And health to all their flesh.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 4:23 ============ Pro 4:23 Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life. (nasb) Pro 4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.(kjv) Pro 4:23 Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 4:24 ============ Pro 4:24 Put away from you a deceitful mouth And put devious speech far from you. (nasb) Pro 4:24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.(kjv) Pro 4:24 Put away from you a deceitful mouth, And put perverse lips far from you.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 4:25 ============ Pro 4:25 Let your eyes look directly ahead And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you. (nasb) Pro 4:25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.(kjv) Pro 4:25 Let your eyes look straight ahead, And your eyelids look right before you.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 4:26 ============ Pro 4:26 Watch the path of your feet And all your ways will be established. (nasb) Pro 4:26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.(kjv) Pro 4:26 Ponder the path of your feet, And let all your ways be established.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 4:27 ============ Pro 4:27 Do not turn to the right nor to the left; Turn your foot from evil. (nasb) Pro 4:27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.(kjv) Pro 4:27 Do not turn to the right or the left; Remove your foot from evil.(nkjv) ======= Proverbs 5:1 ============ Pro 5:1 My son, give attention to my wisdom, Incline your ear to my understanding; (nasb) Pro 5:1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:(kjv) Pro 5:1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom; Lend your ear to my understanding,(nkjv) |
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