{"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/web/proverbs/4","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T21:52:56.440Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Proverbs","bookSlug":"proverbs","chapter":4,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":3,"nextChapter":5,"totalChapters":31,"totalVerses":27},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"for I give you sound learning. Don't forsake my law."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"He taught me, and said to me: |Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you.|"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Take firm hold of instruction. Don't let her go. Keep her, for she is your life."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Don't enter into the path of the wicked. Don't walk in the way of evil men."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"For they don't sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone 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 like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Don't turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil."}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 4 (WEB)","markdown":"[Proverbs 4](https://primebible.com/web/proverbs/4)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/proverbs/4 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}