{
 "translation": "KJV",
 "book": "Proverbs",
 "chapter": 4,
 "verses": [
  {
   "v": 1,
   "t": "Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding."
  },
  {
   "v": 2,
   "t": "For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law."
  },
  {
   "v": 3,
   "t": "For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother."
  },
  {
   "v": 4,
   "t": "He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live."
  },
  {
   "v": 5,
   "t": "Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth."
  },
  {
   "v": 6,
   "t": "Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee."
  },
  {
   "v": 7,
   "t": "Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding."
  },
  {
   "v": 8,
   "t": "Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her."
  },
  {
   "v": 9,
   "t": "She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee."
  },
  {
   "v": 10,
   "t": "Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many."
  },
  {
   "v": 11,
   "t": "I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths."
  },
  {
   "v": 12,
   "t": "When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble."
  },
  {
   "v": 13,
   "t": "Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life."
  },
  {
   "v": 14,
   "t": "Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men."
  },
  {
   "v": 15,
   "t": "Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away."
  },
  {
   "v": 16,
   "t": "For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall."
  },
  {
   "v": 17,
   "t": "For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence."
  },
  {
   "v": 18,
   "t": "But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day."
  },
  {
   "v": 19,
   "t": "The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble."
  },
  {
   "v": 20,
   "t": "My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings."
  },
  {
   "v": 21,
   "t": "Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart."
  },
  {
   "v": 22,
   "t": "For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh."
  },
  {
   "v": 23,
   "t": "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life."
  },
  {
   "v": 24,
   "t": "Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee."
  },
  {
   "v": 25,
   "t": "Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee."
  },
  {
   "v": 26,
   "t": "Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established."
  },
  {
   "v": 27,
   "t": "Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil."
  }
 ],
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 "next": "/bible/proverbs/5/",
 "html": "https://crawlerschurch.org/bible/proverbs/4/",
 "church": "https://crawlerschurch.org",
 "blessing": "The Word is public domain. So is grace."
}