English Bible Presentation Sharing - Proverbs Book, chapter 4, verse 20 in Asv Version

Proverbs 4 : 1 (ASV)

Hear, my sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:

Proverbs 4 : 2 (ASV)

For I give you good doctrine; Forsake ye not my law.

Proverbs 4 : 3 (ASV)

For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

Proverbs 4 : 4 (ASV)

And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live;

Proverbs 4 : 5 (ASV)

Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;

Proverbs 4 : 6 (ASV)

Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee.

Proverbs 4 : 7 (ASV)

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding.

Proverbs 4 : 8 (ASV)

Exalt her, and she will promote thee; She will bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.

Proverbs 4 : 9 (ASV)

She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; A crown of beauty will she deliver to thee.

Proverbs 4 : 10 (ASV)

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of thy life shall be many.

Proverbs 4 : 11 (ASV)

I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness.

Proverbs 4 : 12 (ASV)

When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; And if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

Proverbs 4 : 13 (ASV)

Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: Keep her; for she is thy life.

Proverbs 4 : 14 (ASV)

Enter not into the path of the wicked, And walk not in the way of evil men.

Proverbs 4 : 15 (ASV)

Avoid it, pass not by it; Turn from it, and pass on.

Proverbs 4 : 16 (ASV)

For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

Proverbs 4 : 17 (ASV)

For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.

Proverbs 4 : 18 (ASV)

But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

Proverbs 4 : 19 (ASV)

The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.

Proverbs 4 : 20 (ASV)

My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings.

Proverbs 4 : 21 (ASV)

Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart.

Proverbs 4 : 22 (ASV)

For they are life unto those that find them, And health to all their flesh.

Proverbs 4 : 23 (ASV)

Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.

Proverbs 4 : 24 (ASV)

Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.

Proverbs 4 : 25 (ASV)

Let thine eyes look right on, And let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

Proverbs 4 : 26 (ASV)

Make level the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established.

Proverbs 4 : 27 (ASV)

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil.