Proverbs 427 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence.4:1שִׁמְעוּ בָנִים מוּסַר אָב וְהַקְשִׁיבוּ לָדַעַת בִּינָֽה׃Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.4:2כִּי לֶקַח טוֹב נָתַתִּי לָכֶם תּֽוֹרָתִי אַֽל־תַּעֲזֹֽבוּ׃For I give you good doctrine; forsake ye not my teaching.4:3כִּי־בֵן הָיִיתִי לְאָבִי רַךְ וְיָחִיד לִפְנֵי אִמִּֽי׃For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.4:4וַיֹּרֵנִי וַיֹּאמֶר לִי יִֽתְמָךְ־דְּבָרַי לִבֶּךָ שְׁמֹר מִצְוֺתַי וֶֽחְיֵֽה׃And he taught me, and said unto me: 'Let thy heart hold fast my words, keep my commandments, and live;4:5קְנֵה חָכְמָה קְנֵה בִינָה אַל־תִּשְׁכַּח וְאַל־תֵּט מֵֽאִמְרֵי־פִֽי׃Get wisdom, get understanding; forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;4:6אַל־תַּעַזְבֶהָ וְתִשְׁמְרֶךָּ אֱהָבֶהָ וְתִצְּרֶֽךָּ׃Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; love her, and she will keep thee.4:7רֵאשִׁית חָכְמָה קְנֵה חָכְמָה וּבְכָל־קִנְיָנְךָ קְנֵה בִינָֽה׃The beginning of wisdom is: Get wisdom; yea, with all thy getting get understanding.4:8סַלְסְלֶהָ וּֽתְרוֹמְמֶךָּ תְּכַבֵּדְךָ כִּי תְחַבְּקֶֽנָּה׃Extol her, and she will exalt thee; she will bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.4:9תִּתֵּן לְרֹאשְׁךָ לִוְיַת־חֵן עֲטֶרֶת תִּפְאֶרֶת תְּמַגְּנֶֽךָּ׃She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; a crown of glory will she bestow on thee.'4:10שְׁמַע בְּנִי וְקַח אֲמָרָי וְיִרְבּוּ לְךָ שְׁנוֹת חַיִּֽים׃Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.4:11בְּדֶרֶךְ חָכְמָה הֹרֵתִיךָ הִדְרַכְתִּיךָ בְּמַעְגְּלֵי־יֹֽשֶׁר׃I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness.4:12בְּֽלֶכְתְּךָ לֹא־יֵצַר צַעֲדֶךָ וְאִם־תָּרוּץ לֹא תִכָּשֵֽׁל׃When thou goest, thy step shall not be straitened; and if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.4:13הַחֲזֵק בַּמּוּסָר אַל־תֶּרֶף נִצְּרֶהָ כִּי־הִיא חַיֶּֽיךָ׃Take fast hold of instruction, let her not go; keep her, for she is thy life.4:14בְּאֹרַח רְשָׁעִים אַל־תָּבֹא וְאַל־תְּאַשֵּׁר בְּדֶרֶךְ רָעִֽים׃Enter not into the path of the wicked, and walk not in the way of evil men.4:15פְּרָעֵהוּ אַל־תַּעֲבָר־בּוֹ שְׂטֵה מֵעָלָיו וַעֲבֽוֹר׃Avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass on.4:16כִּי לֹא יִֽשְׁנוּ אִם־לֹא יָרֵעוּ וְֽנִגְזְלָה שְׁנָתָם אִם־לֹא יַכְשִֽׁילוּ׃For they sleep not, except they have done evil; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.4:17כִּי לָחֲמוּ לֶחֶם רֶשַׁע וְיֵין חֲמָסִים יִשְׁתּֽוּ׃For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.4:18וְאֹרַח צַדִּיקִים כְּאוֹר נֹגַהּ הוֹלֵךְ וָאוֹר עַד־נְכוֹן הַיּֽוֹם׃But the path of the righteous is as the light of dawn, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.4:19דֶּרֶךְ רְשָׁעִים כָּֽאֲפֵלָה לֹא יָדְעוּ בַּמֶּה יִכָּשֵֽׁלוּ׃פThe way of the wicked is as darkness; they know not at what they stumble.4:20בְּנִי לִדְבָרַי הַקְשִׁיבָה לַאֲמָרַי הַט־אָזְנֶֽךָ׃My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.4:21אַל־יַלִּיזוּ מֵעֵינֶיךָ שָׁמְרֵם בְּתוֹךְ לְבָבֶֽךָ׃Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart.4:22כִּֽי־חַיִּים הֵם לְמֹצְאֵיהֶם וּֽלְכָל־בְּשָׂרוֹ מַרְפֵּֽא׃For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.4:23מִֽכָּל־מִשְׁמָר נְצֹר לִבֶּךָ כִּֽי־מִמֶּנּוּ תּוֹצְאוֹת חַיִּֽים׃Above all that thou guardest keep thy heart; for out of it are the issues of life.4:24הָסֵר מִמְּךָ עִקְּשׁוּת פֶּה וּלְזוּת שְׂפָתַיִם הַרְחֵק מִמֶּֽךָּ׃Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.4:25עֵינֶיךָ לְנֹכַח יַבִּיטוּ וְעַפְעַפֶּיךָ יַיְשִׁרוּ נֶגְדֶּֽךָ׃Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.4:26פַּלֵּס מַעְגַּל רַגְלֶךָ וְֽכָל־דְּרָכֶיךָ יִכֹּֽנוּ׃Make plain the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.4:27אַֽל־תֵּט־יָמִין וּשְׂמֹאול הָסֵר רַגְלְךָ מֵרָֽע׃Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.← previousProverbs 3next →Proverbs 5↑ back to ProverbsThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO/4/