{"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/kjv/proverbs/4","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T14:50:30.750Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 understanding."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For I was my father's son, tender and only <i>beloved</i> in the sight of my mother."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Get wisdom, get understanding: forget <i>it</i> not; neither decline from the words of my mouth."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Wisdom <i>is</i> the principal thing; <i>therefore</i> get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding."},{"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 thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths."},{"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 <i>her</i> not go: keep her; for she <i>is</i> thy life."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil <i>men</i>."},{"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 <i>some</i> 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 <i>is</i> as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"The way of the wicked <i>is</i> 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 thine heart."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"For they <i>are</i> life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it <i>are</i> the issues of life."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse 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 established."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil."}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 4 (KJV)","markdown":"[Proverbs 4](https://primebible.com/kjv/proverbs/4)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/proverbs/4 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}