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Proverbs 4

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Introduction

1  Solomon persuades to wisdom,
14  and to shun wickedness.
20  He exhorts to sanctification.
Verse 1

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
ye
1:8, 6:20-23, Psalms 34:11, 1 Thessalonians 2:11,12
attend
2:1-5, 5:1, 7:4, 8:32-36, 19:20, 22:17, Hebrews 2:1
Verse 2

For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
good
8:6-9, 22:20,21, Deuteronomy 32:2, Job 33:3, Psalms 49:1-3, John 7:16,17, 1 Timothy 4:6, Titus 1:9
forsake
1 Chronicles 28:9, 2 Chronicles 7:19, Psalms 89:30-32
Verse 3

For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
2 Samuel 12:24,25, 1 Kings 1:13-17, 1 Chronicles 3:5, 22:5, 29:1, Jeremiah 10:23, Romans 12:16
Verse 4

He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
He
22:6, Genesis 18:19, 1 Chronicles 22:11-16, 28:9, Ephesians 6:4, 2 Timothy 1:5, 3:15
Let
3:1, Deuteronomy 4:9, 6:6, Psalms 119:11
keep
7:2, Leviticus 18:3-5, Isaiah 55:3, John 12:50, Hebrews 5:9
Verse 5

Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
Get wisdom
1:22,23, 2:2-4, 3:13-18, 8:5, 17:16, 18:1, 19:8, 23:23, James 1:5
neither
2 Chronicles 34:2, Job 23:11, Psalms 44:18, 119:51,157
Verse 6

Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
love
21,22, 2:10-12, Ephesians 3:17, 2 Thessalonians 2:10
Verse 7

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
Wisdom is
Ecclesiastes 7:12, 9:16-18, Matthew 13:44-46, Luke 10:42, Philippians 3:8
with
16:16, 21:6, Psalms 49:16-20, Ecclesiastes 2:4-9, 4:8, Mark 8:36,37, Luke 12:20
get understanding
Psalms 119:104
Verse 8

Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
3:35, 22:4, 1 Samuel 2:30, 1 Kings 3:5-13, Daniel 12:3
Verse 9

She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
give
1:9, 3:22, 1 Timothy 2:9,10, 1 Peter 3:4
a crown, etc
or, she shall compass thee with a crown of glory.
16:31, Isaiah 28:5, Hebrews 2:7-9, 1 Peter 5:4, Revelation 3:21
Verse 10

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
my
8:10, 19:20, Job 22:22, Jeremiah 9:20, John 3:32,33, 1 Thessalonians 2:13, 1 Timothy 1:15
the
3:2,16, Deuteronomy 5:16, 6:2
Verse 11

I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
taught
4, Deuteronomy 4:5, 1 Samuel 12:24, Ecclesiastes 12:9
led
8:6,9,20, Psalms 23:3, 25:4,5, Acts 13:10
Verse 12

When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
thou goest
6:22, 2 Samuel 22:37, Job 18:7,8, Psalms 18:36
thou shalt
19, 3:23, Psalms 91:11,12, 119:165, Jeremiah 31:9, John 11:9,10, Romans 9:32,33, 1 Peter 2:8, 1 John 2:10,11
Verse 13

Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
Take
3:18, 23:23, Acts 2:42, 11:23, 1 Thessalonians 5:21, Hebrews 2:1, Revelation 2:13, 12:11
let
Genesis 32:26, Song of Solomon 3:4, Luke 24:27-29, John 4:39-42
she
3:22, Deuteronomy 32:47, Ecclesiastes 7:12, John 6:68
Verse 14

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

Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
5:8, 6:5, Exodus 23:7, Job 11:14, 22:23, Isaiah 33:15, Ephesians 5:11, 1 Thessalonians 5:22
Verse 16

For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
1:16, Psalms 36:4, Isaiah 57:20, Micah 2:1, Luke 22:66, John 18:28, 2 Peter 2:14
Verse 17

For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
9:17, 20:17, Job 24:5,6, Psalms 14:4, Jeremiah 5:26-28, Ezekiel 22:25-29, Amos 8:4-6, Micah 3:5, 6:12, Zephaniah 3:3, Matthew 23:14, James 5:4,5
Verse 18

But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
2 Samuel 23:4, Job 11:17, 23:10, Psalms 84:7, Hosea 6:3, Zechariah 14:6,7, Matthew 5:14,16,45, John 8:12, 2 Corinthians 3:18, Philippians 2:15, 2 Peter 1:19, 3:18, Revelation 21:23, 22:5
Verse 19

The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
1 Samuel 2:9, Job 5:14, 12:25, 18:5,6,18, Isaiah 59:9,10, Jeremiah 13:16, 23:12, Matthew 7:23, 15:14, John 12:35, 1 John 2:11
Verse 20

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

Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
depart
3:3,21
in the
2:1, Psalms 40:8; *marg:
Verse 22

For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
life
4,10
health
Heb. medicine.
3:8; *marg:; 12:18, Jeremiah 33:6
Verse 23

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Keep
22:5, 23:19, 28:26, Deuteronomy 4:9, Psalms 139:23,24, Jeremiah 17:9, Mark 14:38, Hebrews 12:15
with all diligence
Heb. above all keeping.
7, 3:21, 11:16, 13:3, Ecclesiastes 5:13
for
Matthew 12:35, 15:19, Mark 7:21-23, James 1:14,15
Verse 24

Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
Put
Job 11:14, Ezekiel 18:31, Ephesians 4:25-31, Colossians 3:8, James 1:21,26, 1 Peter 2:1
a, etc
Heb. frowardness of mouth, and perverseness of lips.
8:8,13, 17:20, 1 Timothy 6:5
Verse 25

Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
23:5,33, Job 31:1, Psalms 119:37, Matthew 6:22
Verse 26

Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
Ponder
5:6, Psalms 119:59, Ezekiel 18:28, Haggai 1:5,7, Ephesians 5:15,17
let all thy ways be established
or, all thy ways shall be ordered aright.
Psalms 37:23, 40:2, 1 Thessalonians 3:13, 2 Thessalonians 3:3, 1 Peter 5:10
Verse 27

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

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