Proverbs 4 - UPDV Updated Bible Version

^4:1 Hear, [my] sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:
^4:2 For I give you⁺ good doctrine; Don't forsake⁺ my law.
^4:3 For I was a son to my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
^4:4 And 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 decline 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] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom; Yes, with all your getting get understanding.
^4:8 Exalt her, and she will promote you; She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her.
^4:9 She will give to your head a chaplet of grace; A crown of beauty she will deliver to you.
^4:10 Hear, my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of your life will be many.
^4:11 I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in paths of uprightness.
^4:12 When you go, your steps will not be straitened; And if you run, you will not stumble.
^4:13 Take fast 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, And don't walk in the way of evil men.
^4:15 Avoid it, don't pass by it; Turn from it, and pass on.
^4:16 For they don't sleep, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to 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 as the dawning light, That shines more and more to the perfect day.
^4:19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: They don't know at what they stumble.
^4:20 My son, attend to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings.
^4:21 Don't let them 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 all their flesh.
^4:23 Keep your heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.
^4:24 Put away from you a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from you.
^4:25 Let your eyes look right on, And let your eyelids look straight before you.
^4:26 Make level the path of your feet, And let all your ways be established.
^4:27 Don't turn to the right hand nor to the left: Remove your foot from evil.

Proverbs, Chapter 4