Proverbs 4:1

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

DARBY: Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know intelligence;

DRA: Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend that you may know prudence.

KJV: Hear, ye children, 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.

DARBY: for I give you good doctrine: forsake ye not my law.

DRA: I will give you a good gift, forsake not my law.

KJV: 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.

DARBY: For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.

DRA: For I also was my father's son, tender and as an only son in the sight of my mother:

KJV: For I was my father’s son, 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;

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

DRA: And he taught me, and said: Let thy heart receive my words, keep my commandments, and thou shalt live.

KJV: He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine 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;

DARBY: Get wisdom, get intelligence: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

DRA: Get wisdom, get prudence: forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth.

KJV: Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it 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.

DARBY: Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee; love her, and she shall preserve thee.

DRA: Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee: love her, and she shall preserve thee.

KJV: Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

Proverbs 4:7

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

DARBY: The beginning of wisdom [is], Get wisdom; and with all thy getting get intelligence.

DRA: The beginning of wisdom, get wisdom, and with all thy possession purchase prudence.

KJV: Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and 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.

DARBY: Exalt her, and she shall promote thee; she shall bring thee to honour when thou dost embrace her.

DRA: Take hold on her, and she shall exalt thee: thou shalt be glorified by her, when thou shalt embrace her.

KJV: Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, 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.

DARBY: She shall give to thy head a garland of grace; a crown of glory will she bestow upon thee.

DRA: She shall give to thy head increase of graces, and protect thee with a noble crown.

KJV: She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall 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.

DARBY: Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and the years of thy life shall be multiplied.

DRA: Hear, O my son, and receive my words, that years of life may be multiplied to thee.

KJV: 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.

DARBY: I will teach thee in the way of wisdom, I will lead thee in paths of uprightness.

DRA: I will shew thee the way of wisdom, I will lead thee by the paths of equity:

KJV: I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.

Proverbs 4:12

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

DARBY: When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

DRA: Which when thou shalt have entered, thy steps shall not be straitened, and when thou runnest thou shalt not meet a stumblingblock.

KJV: When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when 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.

DARBY: Take fast hold of instruction, let [her] not go: keep her, for she is thy life.

DRA: Take hold on instruction, leave it not: keep it, because it is thy life.

KJV: 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.

DARBY: Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil [men]:

DRA: Be not delighted in the paths of the wicked, neither let the way of evil men please thee.

KJV: Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

Proverbs 4:15

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

DARBY: avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass away.

DRA: Flee from it, pass not by it: go aside, and forsake it.

KJV: Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

Proverbs 4:16

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

DARBY: For they sleep not except they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away unless they have caused [some] to fall.

DRA: For they sleep not except they have done evil: and their sleep is taken away unless they have made some to fall.

KJV: For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; 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.

DARBY: For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

DRA: They eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of iniquity.

KJV: 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.

DARBY: But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, going on and brightening until the day be fully come.

DRA: But the path of the just, as a shining light, goeth forwards and increaseth even to perfect day.

KJV: But the path of the just is as the shining 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.

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

DRA: The way of the wicked is darksome: they know not where they fall.

KJV: 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.

DARBY: My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

DRA: My son, hearken to my words, and incline thy ear to my sayings.

KJV: 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.

DARBY: Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart.

DRA: Let them not depart from thy eyes, keep them in the midst of thy heart:

KJV: Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

Proverbs 4:22

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

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

DRA: For they are life to those that find them, and health to all flesh.

KJV: 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.

DARBY: Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life.

DRA: With all watchfulness keep thy heart, because life issueth out from it.

KJV: 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.

DARBY: Put away from thee perverseness of mouth, and corrupt lips put far from thee.

DRA: Remove from thee a froward mouth, and let detracting lips be far from thee.

KJV: Put away from thee a froward 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.

DARBY: Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

DRA: Let thy eyes look straight on, and let thy eyelids go before thy steps.

KJV: 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.

DARBY: Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be well-ordered.

DRA: Make straight the path for thy feet, and all thy ways shall be established.

KJV: Ponder 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.

DARBY: Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.

DRA: Decline not to the right hand, nor to the left: turn away thy foot from evil. For the Lord knoweth the ways that are on the right hand: but those are perverse which are on the left hand. But he will make thy courses straight, he will bring forward thy ways in peace.

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

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