{"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/dbt/proverbs/4","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T02:07:51.751Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Proverbs","bookSlug":"proverbs","chapter":4,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":3,"nextChapter":5,"totalChapters":31,"totalVerses":27},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know intelligence;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"for I give you good doctrine: forsake ye not my law."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And he taught me, and said unto me, Let thy heart retain my words; keep my commandments and live."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Get wisdom, get intelligence: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee; love her, and she shall preserve thee."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The beginning of wisdom is, Get wisdom; and with all thy getting get intelligence."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Exalt her, and she shall promote thee; she shall bring thee to honour when thou dost embrace her."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"She shall give to thy head a garland of grace; a crown of glory will she bestow upon thee."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and the years of thy life shall be multiplied."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"I will teach thee in the way of wisdom, I will lead thee in paths of uprightness."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Take fast hold of instruction, let her not go: keep her, for she is thy 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 have caused 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 righteous is as the shining light, going on and brightening until the day be fully come."},{"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 thine ear unto my sayings."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Put away from thee perverseness of mouth, and corrupt lips put far from thee."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be well-ordered."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil."}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 4 (DBT)","markdown":"[Proverbs 4](https://primebible.com/dbt/proverbs/4)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/proverbs/4 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}