Proverbs 4:1-16 ▼

1 Heare O ye chyldren a fatherly instruction, & take good heede, that ye may learne vnderstanding.

2 For I haue geuen you a good doctrine, forsake not ye my lawe.

3 For when I my selfe was my fathers deare sonne, and tenderly beloued of my mother:

4 He taught me also and sayde vnto me, let thyne heart receaue my wordes, kepe my commaundementes and thou shalt liue.

5 Get thee wysdome, and get thee vnderstanding: forget not the wordes of my mouth, and shrinke not from them.

6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserue thee, loue her, and she shall kepe thee.

7 The chiefe poynt of wysdome, is to possesse wysdome: and before all thy goodes to get thee vnderstanding.

8 Make much of her, and she shall promote thee, yea if thou embrace her, she shall bryng thee vnto honour:

9 She shal beautifie thy head with manyfolde graces, and garnishe thee with a crowne of glory.

10 Heare my sonne, and receaue my wordes, and the yeres of thy life shalbe many.

11 I haue shewed thee the way of wysdome, & led thee into the right pathes.

12 So that if thou goest in them, there shall no straitnesse hinder thee: & when thou runnest, thou shalt not fall.

13 Take fast holde of doctrine, and let her not go: kepe her, for she is thy life.

14 Come not in the pathe of the vngodlye, and walke not in the way of the wicked:

15 Abhorre it and go not therein, depart aside, and passe ouer by it.

16 For they sleepe not except they haue done mischiefe: and sleepe is taken from them, vntyll they haue done harme.