Proverbs 4:1-12 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Listen, sons, to the discipline of a father, and pay attention, so that you may know prudence. Hear, O sons, a father’s instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight, Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
2 I will bestow upon you a good gift. Do not relinquish my law. for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching. I give you sound learning, so do not forsake my teaching.
3 For I, too, was the son of my father, tender and an only son in the sight of my mother. When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother, For I too was a son to my father, still tender, and cherished by my mother.
4 And he taught me, and he also said: “Let your heart accept my words. Keep my precepts, and you shall live. he taught me and said to me, “Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live. Then he taught me, and he said to me, “Take hold of my words with all your heart; keep my commands, and you will live.
5 Obtain wisdom, obtain prudence. May you neither forget, nor turn away from, the words of my mouth. Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn away from them.
6 Do not send her away, and she will guard you. Love her, and she will preserve you. Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; love her, and she will guard you. Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you.
7 The beginning of wisdom is to obtain wisdom, and, with all that you possess, to acquire prudence. The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight. The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding.
8 Grasp her, and she will exalt you. You will be glorified by her, when you have embraced her. Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her. Cherish her, and she will exalt you; embrace her, and she will honor you.
9 She will bestow upon your head an increase in graces, and she will protect you with a noble crown. She will place on your head a graceful garland; she will bestow on you a beautiful crown.” She will give you a garland to grace your head and present you with a glorious crown.”
10 Listen, my son, and accept my words, so that years of life may be multiplied for you. Hear, my son, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many. Listen, my son, accept what I say, and the years of your life will be many.
11 I will demonstrate to you the way of wisdom. I will lead you along the paths of equity. I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness. I instruct you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths.
12 When you have entered by these, your steps will not be constrained, and when running, you will have no obstacle. When you walk, your step will not be hampered, and if you run, you will not stumble. When you walk, your steps will not be hampered; when you run, you will not stumble.
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