[HNV] Proverbs 4, World English Bible: Messianic Edition
arch...@jab.org Proverbs, starting at chapter 4 {4:1} Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know understanding; {4:2} for I give you sound learning. Don't forsake my law. {4:3} For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother. {4:4} He taught me, and said to me: Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live. {4:5} Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth. {4:6} Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you. {4:7} Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding. {4:8} Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her. {4:9} She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you. {4:10} Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many. {4:11} I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths. {4:12} When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble. {4:13} Take firm hold of instruction. Don't let her go. Keep her, for she is your life. {4:14} Don't enter into the path of the wicked. Don't walk in the way of evil men. {4:15} Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on. {4:16} For they don't sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall. {4:17} For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. {4:18} But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day. {4:19} The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over. {4:20} My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings. {4:21} Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart. {4:22} For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body. {4:23} Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life. {4:24} Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you. {4:25} Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you. {4:26} Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established. {4:27} Don't turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil. {5:1} My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding: {5:2} that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge. {5:3} For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil, {5:4} But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword. {5:5} Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to [1]Sheol[1]. {5:6} She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn't know it. {5:7} Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don't depart from the words of my mouth. {5:8} Remove your way far from her. Don't come near the door of her house, {5:9} lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one; {5:10} lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man's house. {5:11} You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed, {5:12} and say, How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; {5:13} neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me! {5:14} I have come to the brink of utter ruin, in the midst of the gathered assembly. {5:15} Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well. {5:16} Should your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares? {5:17} Let them be for yourself alone, not for strangers with you. {5:18} Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth. {5:19} A loving doe and a graceful deer-- let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love. {5:20} For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another? {5:21} For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD. He examines all his paths. {5:22} The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly. {5:23} He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray. {6:1} My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger; {6:2} You are trapped by the words of your mouth. You are ensnared with the words of your mouth. {6:3} Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, since you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor. {6:4} Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.
[HNV] Proverbs 4, World English Bible: Messianic Edition
arch...@jab.org Proverbs, starting at chapter 4 {4:1} Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know understanding; {4:2} for I give you sound learning. Don't forsake my law. {4:3} For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother. {4:4} He taught me, and said to me: Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live. {4:5} Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth. {4:6} Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you. {4:7} Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding. {4:8} Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her. {4:9} She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you. {4:10} Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many. {4:11} I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths. {4:12} When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble. {4:13} Take firm hold of instruction. Don't let her go. Keep her, for she is your life. {4:14} Don't enter into the path of the wicked. Don't walk in the way of evil men. {4:15} Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on. {4:16} For they don't sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall. {4:17} For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. {4:18} But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day. {4:19} The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over. {4:20} My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings. {4:21} Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart. {4:22} For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body. {4:23} Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life. {4:24} Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you. {4:25} Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you. {4:26} Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established. {4:27} Don't turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil. {5:1} My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding: {5:2} that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge. {5:3} For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil, {5:4} But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword. {5:5} Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to [1]Sheol[1]. {5:6} She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn't know it. {5:7} Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don't depart from the words of my mouth. {5:8} Remove your way far from her. Don't come near the door of her house, {5:9} lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one; {5:10} lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man's house. {5:11} You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed, {5:12} and say, How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; {5:13} neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me! {5:14} I have come to the brink of utter ruin, in the midst of the gathered assembly. {5:15} Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well. {5:16} Should your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares? {5:17} Let them be for yourself alone, not for strangers with you. {5:18} Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth. {5:19} A loving doe and a graceful deer-- let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love. {5:20} For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another? {5:21} For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD. He examines all his paths. {5:22} The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly. {5:23} He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray. {6:1} My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger; {6:2} You are trapped by the words of your mouth. You are ensnared with the words of your mouth. {6:3} Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, since you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor. {6:4} Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.
[HNV] Proverbs 4, World English Bible: Messianic Edition
arch...@jab.org Proverbs, starting at chapter 4 {4:1} Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know understanding; {4:2} for I give you sound learning. Don't forsake my law. {4:3} For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother. {4:4} He taught me, and said to me: Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live. {4:5} Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth. {4:6} Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you. {4:7} Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding. {4:8} Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her. {4:9} She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you. {4:10} Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many. {4:11} I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths. {4:12} When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble. {4:13} Take firm hold of instruction. Don't let her go. Keep her, for she is your life. {4:14} Don't enter into the path of the wicked. Don't walk in the way of evil men. {4:15} Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on. {4:16} For they don't sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall. {4:17} For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. {4:18} But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day. {4:19} The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over. {4:20} My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings. {4:21} Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart. {4:22} For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body. {4:23} Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life. {4:24} Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you. {4:25} Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you. {4:26} Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established. {4:27} Don't turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil. {5:1} My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding: {5:2} that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge. {5:3} For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil, {5:4} But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword. {5:5} Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to [1]Sheol[1]. {5:6} She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn't know it. {5:7} Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don't depart from the words of my mouth. {5:8} Remove your way far from her. Don't come near the door of her house, {5:9} lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one; {5:10} lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man's house. {5:11} You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed, {5:12} and say, How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; {5:13} neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me! {5:14} I have come to the brink of utter ruin, in the midst of the gathered assembly. {5:15} Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well. {5:16} Should your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares? {5:17} Let them be for yourself alone, not for strangers with you. {5:18} Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth. {5:19} A loving doe and a graceful deer-- let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love. {5:20} For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another? {5:21} For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD. He examines all his paths. {5:22} The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly. {5:23} He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray. {6:1} My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger; {6:2} You are trapped by the words of your mouth. You are ensnared with the words of your mouth. {6:3} Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, since you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor. {6:4} Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.
[HNV] Proverbs 4, World English Bible: Messianic Edition
Proverbs, starting at chapter 4 {4:1} Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know understanding; {4:2} for I give you sound learning. Don't forsake my law. {4:3} For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother. {4:4} He taught me, and said to me: Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live. {4:5} Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth. {4:6} Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you. {4:7} Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding. {4:8} Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her. {4:9} She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you. {4:10} Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many. {4:11} I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths. {4:12} When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble. {4:13} Take firm hold of instruction. Don't let her go. Keep her, for she is your life. {4:14} Don't enter into the path of the wicked. Don't walk in the way of evil men. {4:15} Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on. {4:16} For they don't sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall. {4:17} For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. {4:18} But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day. {4:19} The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over. {4:20} My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings. {4:21} Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart. {4:22} For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body. {4:23} Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life. {4:24} Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you. {4:25} Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you. {4:26} Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established. {4:27} Don't turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil. {5:1} My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding: {5:2} that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge. {5:3} For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil, {5:4} But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword. {5:5} Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to [1]Sheol[1]. {5:6} She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn't know it. {5:7} Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don't depart from the words of my mouth. {5:8} Remove your way far from her. Don't come near the door of her house, {5:9} lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one; {5:10} lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man's house. {5:11} You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed, {5:12} and say, How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; {5:13} neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me! {5:14} I have come to the brink of utter ruin, in the midst of the gathered assembly. {5:15} Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well. {5:16} Should your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares? {5:17} Let them be for yourself alone, not for strangers with you. {5:18} Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth. {5:19} A loving doe and a graceful deer-- let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love. {5:20} For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another? {5:21} For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD. He examines all his paths. {5:22} The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly. {5:23} He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray. {6:1} My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger; {6:2} You are trapped by the words of your mouth. You are ensnared with the words of your mouth. {6:3} Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, since you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor. {6:4} Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids. {6:5} Free
[HNV] Proverbs 4, World English Bible: Messianic Edition
Proverbs, starting at chapter 4 {4:1} Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know understanding; {4:2} for I give you sound learning. Don't forsake my law. {4:3} For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother. {4:4} He taught me, and said to me: Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live. {4:5} Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth. {4:6} Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you. {4:7} Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding. {4:8} Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her. {4:9} She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you. {4:10} Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many. {4:11} I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths. {4:12} When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble. {4:13} Take firm hold of instruction. Don't let her go. Keep her, for she is your life. {4:14} Don't enter into the path of the wicked. Don't walk in the way of evil men. {4:15} Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on. {4:16} For they don't sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall. {4:17} For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. {4:18} But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day. {4:19} The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over. {4:20} My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings. {4:21} Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart. {4:22} For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body. {4:23} Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life. {4:24} Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you. {4:25} Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you. {4:26} Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established. {4:27} Don't turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil. {5:1} My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding: {5:2} that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge. {5:3} For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil, {5:4} But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword. {5:5} Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to [1]Sheol[1]. {5:6} She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn't know it. {5:7} Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don't depart from the words of my mouth. {5:8} Remove your way far from her. Don't come near the door of her house, {5:9} lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one; {5:10} lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man's house. {5:11} You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed, {5:12} and say, How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; {5:13} neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me! {5:14} I have come to the brink of utter ruin, in the midst of the gathered assembly. {5:15} Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well. {5:16} Should your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares? {5:17} Let them be for yourself alone, not for strangers with you. {5:18} Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth. {5:19} A loving doe and a graceful deer-- let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love. {5:20} For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another? {5:21} For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD. He examines all his paths. {5:22} The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly. {5:23} He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray. {6:1} My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger; {6:2} You are trapped by the words of your mouth. You are ensnared with the words of your mouth. {6:3} Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, seeing you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor. {6:4} Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids. {6:5} Free
[HNV] Proverbs 4, World English Bible: Messianic Edition
Proverbs, starting at chapter 4 {4:1} Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know understanding; {4:2} for I give you sound learning. Don't forsake my law. {4:3} For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother. {4:4} He taught me, and said to me: Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live. {4:5} Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth. {4:6} Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you. {4:7} Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding. {4:8} Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her. {4:9} She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you. {4:10} Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many. {4:11} I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths. {4:12} When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble. {4:13} Take firm hold of instruction. Don't let her go. Keep her, for she is your life. {4:14} Don't enter into the path of the wicked. Don't walk in the way of evil men. {4:15} Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on. {4:16} For they don't sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall. {4:17} For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. {4:18} But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day. {4:19} The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over. {4:20} My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings. {4:21} Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart. {4:22} For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body. {4:23} Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life. {4:24} Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you. {4:25} Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you. {4:26} Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established. {4:27} Don't turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil. {5:1} My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding: {5:2} that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge. {5:3} For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil, {5:4} But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword. {5:5} Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to [1]Sheol[1]. {5:6} She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn't know it. {5:7} Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don't depart from the words of my mouth. {5:8} Remove your way far from her. Don't come near the door of her house, {5:9} lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one; {5:10} lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man's house. {5:11} You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed, {5:12} and say, How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; {5:13} neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me! {5:14} I have come to the brink of utter ruin, in the midst of the gathered assembly. {5:15} Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well. {5:16} Should your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares? {5:17} Let them be for yourself alone, not for strangers with you. {5:18} Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth. {5:19} A loving doe and a graceful deer-- let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love. {5:20} For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another? {5:21} For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD. He examines all his paths. {5:22} The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly. {5:23} He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray. {6:1} My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger; {6:2} You are trapped by the words of your mouth. You are ensnared with the words of your mouth. {6:3} Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, seeing you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor. {6:4} Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids. {6:5} Free
[HNV] Proverbs 4, World English Bible: Messianic Edition
Proverbs, starting at chapter 4 {4:1} Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know understanding; {4:2} for I give you sound learning. Don't forsake my law. {4:3} For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother. {4:4} He taught me, and said to me: Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live. {4:5} Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth. {4:6} Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you. {4:7} Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding. {4:8} Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her. {4:9} She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you. {4:10} Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many. {4:11} I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths. {4:12} When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble. {4:13} Take firm hold of instruction. Don't let her go. Keep her, for she is your life. {4:14} Don't enter into the path of the wicked. Don't walk in the way of evil men. {4:15} Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on. {4:16} For they don't sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall. {4:17} For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. {4:18} But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day. {4:19} The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over. {4:20} My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings. {4:21} Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart. {4:22} For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body. {4:23} Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life. {4:24} Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you. {4:25} Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you. {4:26} Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established. {4:27} Don't turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil. {5:1} My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding: {5:2} that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge. {5:3} For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil, {5:4} But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword. {5:5} Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol. {5:6} She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn't know it. {5:7} Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don't depart from the words of my mouth. {5:8} Remove your way far from her. Don't come near the door of her house, {5:9} lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one; {5:10} lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man's house. {5:11} You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed, {5:12} and say, How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; {5:13} neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me! {5:14} I have come to the brink of utter ruin, in the midst of the gathered assembly. {5:15} Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well. {5:16} Should your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares? {5:17} Let them be for yourself alone, not for strangers with you. {5:18} Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth. {5:19} A loving doe and a graceful deer-- let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love. {5:20} For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another? {5:21} For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD. He examines all his paths. {5:22} The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly. {5:23} He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray. {6:1} My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger; {6:2} You are trapped by the words of your mouth. You are ensnared with the words of your mouth. {6:3} Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, seeing you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor. {6:4} Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids. {6:5} Free yourself,