Proverbs 4

Verse 1

WEB Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;

KJV Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

TSK ye: pr 1:8, pr 6:20-23, ps 34:11, 1th 2:11,12; attend: pr 2:1-5, pr 5:1, pr 7:4, pr 8:32-36, pr 19:20, pr 22:17, heb 2:1

Verse 2

WEB for I give you sound learning. Don’t forsake my law.

KJV For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

TSK good: pr 8:6-9, pr 22:20,21, de 32:2, job 33:3, ps 49:1-3, joh 7:16,17, 1ti 4:6, tit 1:9; forsake: 1ch 28:9, 2ch 7:19, ps 89:30-32

Verse 3

WEB For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.

KJV For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

TSK For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.: 2sa 12:24,25, 1ki 1:13-17, 1ch 3:5, 1ch 22:5, 1ch 29:1, jer 10:23, ro 12:16

Verse 4

WEB He taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.

KJV He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

TSK He: pr 22:6, ge 18:19, 1ch 22:11-16, 1ch 28:9, eph 6:4, 2ti 1:5, 2ti 3:15; Let: pr 3:1, de 4:9, de 6:6, ps 119:11; keep: pr 7:2, le 18:3-5, isa 55:3, joh 12:50, heb 5:9

Verse 5

WEB Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth.

KJV Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

TSK Get wisdom: pr 1:22,23, pr 2:2-4, pr 3:13-18, pr 8:5, pr 17:16, pr 18:1, pr 19:8, pr 23:23, jas 1:5; neither: 2ch 34:2, job 23:11, ps 44:18, ps 119:51,157

Verse 6

WEB Don’t forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.

KJV Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

TSK love: pr 4:21,22, pr 2:10-12, eph 3:17, 2th 2:10

Verse 7

WEB Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.

KJV Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

TSK Wisdom is: ec 7:12, ec 9:16-18, mt 13:44-46, lu 10:42, php 3:8; with: pr 16:16, pr 21:6, ps 49:16-20, ec 2:4-9, ec 4:8, mr 8:36,37, lu 12:20; get understanding: ps 119:104

Verse 8

WEB Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her.

KJV Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

TSK Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.: pr 3:35, pr 22:4, 1sa 2:30, 1ki 3:5-13, da 12:3

Verse 9

WEB She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you.”

KJV She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

TSK give: pr 1:9, pr 3:22, 1ti 2:9,10, 1pe 3:4; a crown, etc: pr 16:31, isa 28:5, heb 2:7-9, 1pe 5:4, re 3:21

Verse 10

WEB Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.

KJV Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

TSK my: pr 8:10, pr 19:20, job 22:22, jer 9:20, joh 3:32,33, 1th 2:13, 1ti 1:15; the: pr 3:2,16, de 5:16, de 6:2

Verse 11

WEB I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths.

KJV I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.

TSK taught: pr 4:4, de 4:5, 1sa 12:24, ec 12:9; led: pr 8:6,9,20, ps 23:3, ps 25:4,5, ac 13:10

Verse 12

WEB When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.

KJV When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

TSK thou goest: pr 6:22, 2sa 22:37, job 18:7,8, ps 18:36; thou shalt: pr 4:19, pr 3:23, ps 91:11,12, ps 119:165, jer 31:9, joh 11:9,10, ro 9:32,33, 1pe 2:8, 1jo 2:10,11

Verse 13

WEB Take firm hold of instruction. Don’t let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.

KJV Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

TSK Take: pr 3:18, pr 23:23, ac 2:42, ac 11:23, 1th 5:21, heb 2:1, re 2:13, re 12:11; let: ge 32:26, so 3:4, lu 24:27-29, joh 4:39-42; she: pr 3:22, de 32:47, ec 7:12, joh 6:68

Verse 14

WEB Don’t enter into the path of the wicked. Don’t walk in the way of evil men.

KJV Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

TSK Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.: pr 1:10,15, pr 2:11,12, pr 9:6, pr 13:20, ps 1:1, ps 26:4,5, 1co 15:33

Verse 15

WEB Avoid it, and don’t pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.

KJV Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

TSK Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.: pr 5:8, pr 6:5, ex 23:7, job 11:14, job 22:23, isa 33:15, eph 5:11, 1th 5:22

Verse 16

WEB For they don’t sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.

KJV For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

TSK For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.: pr 1:16, ps 36:4, isa 57:20, mic 2:1, lu 22:66, joh 18:28, 2pe 2:14

Verse 17

WEB For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

KJV For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

TSK For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.: pr 9:17, pr 20:17, job 24:5,6, ps 14:4, jer 5:26-28, eze 22:25-29, am 8:4-6, mic 3:5, mic 6:12, zep 3:3, mt 23:14, jas 5:4,5

Verse 18

WEB But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.

KJV But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

TSK But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.: 2sa 23:4, job 11:17, job 23:10, ps 84:7, ho 6:3, zec 14:6,7, mt 5:14,16,45, joh 8:12, 2co 3:18, php 2:15, 2pe 1:19, 2pe 3:18, re 21:23, re 22:5

Verse 19

WEB The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.

KJV The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

TSK The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.: 1sa 2:9, job 5:14, job 12:25, job 18:5,6,18, isa 59:9,10, jer 13:16, jer 23:12, mt 7:23, mt 15:14, joh 12:35, 1jo 2:11

Verse 20

WEB My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.

KJV My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

TSK My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.: pr 5:1, pr 6:20,21, pr 7:1, ps 78:1, ps 90:12, isa 55:3, mt 17:5

Verse 21

WEB Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart.

KJV Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

TSK depart: pr 3:3,21; in the: pr 2:1, ps 40:8

Verse 22

WEB For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.

KJV For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

TSK life: pr 4:4,10; health: pr 3:8, pr 12:18, jer 33:6

Verse 23

WEB Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

KJV Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

TSK Keep: pr 22:5, pr 23:19, pr 28:26, de 4:9, ps 139:23,24, jer 17:9, mr 14:38, heb 12:15; with all diligence: pr 4:7, pr 3:21, pr 11:16, pr 13:3, ec 5:13; for: mt 12:35, mt 15:19, mr 7:21-23, jas 1:14,15

Verse 24

WEB Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.

KJV Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

TSK Put: job 11:14, eze 18:31, eph 4:25-31, col 3:8, jas 1:21,26, 1pe 2:1; a, etc: pr 8:8,13, pr 17:20, 1ti 6:5

Verse 25

WEB Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.

KJV Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

TSK Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.: pr 23:5,33, job 31:1, ps 119:37, mt 6:22

Verse 26

WEB Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.

KJV Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

TSK Ponder: pr 5:6, ps 119:59, eze 18:28, hag 1:5,7, eph 5:15,17; let all thy ways be established: ps 37:23, ps 40:2, 1th 3:13, 2th 3:3, 1pe 5:10

Verse 27

WEB Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.

KJV Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

TSK Turn: de 5:32, de 12:32, de 28:14, jos 1:7; remove: pr 16:17, isa 1:16, ro 12:9