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Proverbs Chapter 4

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The chapter opens with a call to seek wisdom and fear the Lord, emphasizing that true knowledge comes from reverence for God. It then warns against the folly of trusting in wealth, pride, or false teachers, urging instead a path of humility and obedience.

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(1) Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
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Proverbs 1:8Proverbs 6:20Proverbs 6:21Proverbs 6:22Proverbs 6:23Psalms 34:11I Thessalonians 2:11I Thessalonians 2:12Proverbs 2:1Proverbs 2:2Proverbs 2:3Proverbs 2:4

(2) For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
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Proverbs 8:6Proverbs 8:7Proverbs 8:8Proverbs 8:9Proverbs 22:20Proverbs 22:21Deuteronomy 32:2Job 33:3Psalms 49:1Psalms 49:2Psalms 49:3John 7:16

(3) For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
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II Samuel 12:24II Samuel 12:25I Kings 1:13I Kings 1:14I Kings 1:15I Kings 1:16I Kings 1:17I Chronicles 3:5I Chronicles 22:5I Chronicles 29:1Jeremiah 10:23Romans 12:16

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Luke 12:53Song of Solomon 5:9

(4) He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
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Proverbs 22:6Genesis 18:19I Chronicles 22:11I Chronicles 22:12I Chronicles 22:13I Chronicles 22:14I Chronicles 22:15I Chronicles 22:16I Chronicles 28:9Ephesians 6:4II Timothy 1:5II Timothy 3:15

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Romans 14:8Galatians 2:20

(5) Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
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Proverbs 1:22Proverbs 1:23Proverbs 2:2Proverbs 2:3Proverbs 2:4Proverbs 3:13Proverbs 3:14Proverbs 3:15Proverbs 3:16Proverbs 3:17Proverbs 3:18Proverbs 8:5

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Proverbs 4:7Proverbs 16:16Psalms 119:104Proverbs 17:16Isaiah 49:15Deuteronomy 4:6

(6) Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
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Proverbs 4:21Proverbs 4:22Proverbs 2:10Proverbs 2:11Proverbs 2:12Ephesians 3:17II Thessalonians 2:10

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Luke 6:32Hosea 3:1I John 2:15I John 4:16I John 4:18

(7) Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
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Ecclesiastes 7:12Ecclesiastes 9:16Ecclesiastes 9:17Ecclesiastes 9:18Matthew 13:44Matthew 13:45Matthew 13:46Luke 10:42Philippians 3:8Proverbs 16:16Proverbs 21:6Psalms 49:16

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Proverbs 4:5Proverbs 16:16I Kings 4:30Daniel 5:11Proverbs 17:16Deuteronomy 4:6

(8) Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
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Proverbs 3:35Proverbs 22:4I Samuel 2:30I Kings 3:5I Kings 3:6I Kings 3:7I Kings 3:8I Kings 3:9I Kings 3:10I Kings 3:11I Kings 3:12I Kings 3:13

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Numbers 24:11

(9) She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
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Proverbs 1:9Proverbs 3:22I Timothy 2:9I Timothy 2:10I Peter 3:4Proverbs 16:31Isaiah 28:5Hebrews 2:7Hebrews 2:8Hebrews 2:9I Peter 5:4Revelation 3:21

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Romans 11:6I Corinthians 15:10

(10) Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
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Proverbs 8:10Proverbs 19:20Job 22:22Jeremiah 9:20John 3:32John 3:33I Thessalonians 2:13I Timothy 1:15Proverbs 3:2Proverbs 3:16Deuteronomy 5:16Deuteronomy 6:2

(11) I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
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Proverbs 4:4Deuteronomy 4:5I Samuel 12:24Ecclesiastes 12:9Proverbs 8:6Proverbs 8:9Proverbs 8:20Psalms 23:3Psalms 25:4Psalms 25:5Acts 13:10

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I Kings 4:30

(12) When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
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Proverbs 6:22II Samuel 22:37Job 18:7Job 18:8Psalms 18:36Proverbs 4:19Proverbs 3:23Psalms 91:11Psalms 91:12Psalms 119:165Jeremiah 31:9John 11:9

(13) Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
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Proverbs 3:18Proverbs 23:23Acts 2:42Acts 11:23I Thessalonians 5:21Hebrews 2:1Revelation 2:13Revelation 12:11Genesis 32:26Song of Solomon 3:4Luke 24:27Luke 24:28

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Zechariah 8:19Mark 2:18

(14) Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
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Proverbs 1:10Proverbs 1:15Proverbs 2:11Proverbs 2:12Proverbs 9:6Proverbs 13:20Psalms 1:1Psalms 26:4Psalms 26:5I Corinthians 15:33

(15) Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
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Proverbs 5:8Proverbs 6:5Exodus 23:7Job 11:14Job 22:23Isaiah 33:15Ephesians 5:11I Thessalonians 5:22

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Ezekiel 33:11

(16) For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
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Proverbs 1:16Psalms 36:4Isaiah 57:20Micah 2:1Luke 22:66John 18:28II Peter 2:14

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Psalms 13:3Proverbs 6:9Proverbs 6:10Proverbs 24:33Ecclesiastes 5:12Jeremiah 51:39

(17) For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
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Proverbs 9:17Proverbs 20:17Job 24:5Job 24:6Psalms 14:4Jeremiah 5:26Jeremiah 5:27Jeremiah 5:28Ezekiel 22:25Ezekiel 22:26Ezekiel 22:27Ezekiel 22:28

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Jeremiah 44:9Mark 2:22Matthew 9:17

(18) But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
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II Samuel 23:4Job 11:17Job 23:10Psalms 84:7Hosea 6:3Zechariah 14:6Zechariah 14:7Matthew 5:14Matthew 5:16Matthew 5:45John 8:12II Corinthians 3:18

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Isaiah 30:26Luke 11:36Leviticus 19:36Deuteronomy 25:15Isaiah 60:19John 5:35

(19) The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
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I Samuel 2:9Job 5:14Job 12:25Job 18:5Job 18:6Job 18:18Isaiah 59:9Isaiah 59:10Jeremiah 13:16Jeremiah 23:12Matthew 7:23Matthew 15:14

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Job 10:22Jeremiah 13:16Matthew 6:23I John 2:11

(20) My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
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Proverbs 5:1Proverbs 6:20Proverbs 6:21Proverbs 7:1Psalms 78:1Psalms 90:12Isaiah 55:3Matthew 17:5

(21) Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
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Proverbs 3:3Proverbs 3:21Proverbs 2:1Psalms 40:8

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Lamentations 4:15

(22) For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
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Proverbs 4:4Proverbs 4:10Proverbs 3:8Proverbs 12:18Jeremiah 33:6

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Ecclesiastes 8:17

(23) Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
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Proverbs 22:5Proverbs 23:19Proverbs 28:26Deuteronomy 4:9Psalms 139:23Psalms 139:24Jeremiah 17:9Mark 14:38Hebrews 12:15Proverbs 4:7Proverbs 3:21Proverbs 11:16

(24) Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
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Job 11:14Ezekiel 18:31Ephesians 4:25Ephesians 4:26Ephesians 4:27Ephesians 4:28Ephesians 4:29Ephesians 4:30Ephesians 4:31Colossians 3:8James 1:21James 1:26

(25) Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
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Proverbs 23:5Proverbs 23:33Job 31:1Psalms 119:37Matthew 6:22

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Leviticus 13:3

(26) Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
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Proverbs 5:6Psalms 119:59Ezekiel 18:28Haggai 1:5Haggai 1:7Ephesians 5:15Ephesians 5:17Psalms 37:23Psalms 40:2I Thessalonians 3:13II Thessalonians 3:3I Peter 5:10

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Ezekiel 1:7Luke 7:38Proverbs 5:6

(27) Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
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Deuteronomy 5:32Deuteronomy 12:32Deuteronomy 28:14Joshua 1:7Proverbs 16:17Isaiah 1:16Romans 12:9

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Ezekiel 33:11

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