{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/proverbs/4","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T14:39:45.509Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Proverbs","bookSlug":"proverbs","chapter":4,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":3,"nextChapter":5,"totalChapters":31,"totalVerses":27},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Hear, you children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"For I give you good doctrine, forsake you not my law."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"He taught me also, and said to me, Let your heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Forsake her not, and she shall preserve you: love her, and she shall keep you."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all your getting get understanding."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Exalt her, and she shall promote you: she shall bring you to honor, when you do embrace her."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"She shall give to your head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to you."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of your life shall be many."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in right paths."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"When you go, your steps shall not be straitened; and when you run, you shall not stumble."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is your life."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more to the perfect day."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"My son, attend to my words; incline your ear to my sayings."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Let them not depart from your eyes; keep them in the middle of your heart."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"For they are life to those that find them, and health to all their flesh."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Keep your heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Put away from you a fraudulent mouth, and perverse lips put far from you."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Let your eyes look right on, and let your eyelids look straight before you."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove your foot from evil."}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 4 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Proverbs 4](https://primebible.com/akjv/proverbs/4)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/proverbs/4 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}