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Proverbs Chapter 4

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MISHLEI

The Book of Mishlei (Proverbs) in the Hebrew Bible

The book begins with a call to seek wisdom and understanding, and it describes the benefits that come from doing so, such as knowledge and discernment.

King Solomon then contrasts the ways of the wicked with the ways of the righteous, emphasizing that the righteous will inherit the land and dwell in safety.

Learn about morality, justice, relationships, wealth, and most important, the fear of Hashem.

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Proverbs Contrasts G-d’s Love To The Righteous Against The Wicked

Times can get tough. But hold fast to G-d’s teachings, instructions, ordinances, statutes, precepts, decrees, commandments and laws.

He will definitely uplift you.

“Chasetisement And Discipline Are Both G-d’s Way”

Hear, children, the Father’s discipline, and be attentive to know understanding:
4:1
“For I have given you a good teaching, do not forsake My Torah.”
:2
… Let my words sustain your heart; observe my commandments and live.
:4
Do not forsake [the Torah], and it will guard you; love it and it will protect you.”
:6
The beginning of wisdom is to acquire wisdom; from your every acquisition acquire understanding.
:7
Hold fast to discipline; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
:13
Do not come to the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of evildoers.
:14
For [the wicked] cannot sleep if they do not do evil; their sleep will be robbed if they do not cause others to stumble.
:16
The path of the righteous is like the glow of sunlight, growing brighter until high noon,
:18
[but] the way of the wicked is like darkness, they know not upon what they stumble.
:19
For they are life to he who finds them, and healing to all his flesh.
:22
Remove from yourself distortion of the mouth, and distance perversity of lips from yourself.
:24
Weigh the course of your foot, and all your ways will be established.
:26
Do not deviate right or left; remove your foot from evil.
:27

1 Children, hearken to the discipline of the Father, and listen to know understanding.
2 For I gave you good teaching; forsake not My instruction.
3 For I was a son to my father, a tender one and an only one before my mother.
4 And he instructed me and said to me, “May your heart draw near to my words; keep my commandments and live.
5 Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
6 Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you; love her and she will guard you.
7 The beginning of wisdom [is to] acquire wisdom, and with all your possession acquire understanding.
8 Search for her, and she will exalt you; she will honor you when you embrace her.
9 She will give your head a wreath of grace; she will transmit to you a crown of glory.
10 Hearken, my son, and take my words, and years of life will increase for you.
11 In the way of wisdom I instructed you; I led you in the paths of uprightness.
12 When you walk, your step will not be straitened, and if you run, you will not stumble.
13 Take fast hold of discipline, do not let it loose; guard it, for it is your life.
14 You shall not come in the way of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of the evil.
15 Avoid it, do not pass through it; turn away from it and pass.
16 For they will not sleep if they do not commit evil, and their sleep will be robbed away if they do not cause stumbling.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and they drink the wine of violence.
18 But the way of the righteous is like the light of dawn; it shines ever brighter until the day is perfect.
19 The way of the wicked is like pitch darkness; they do not know on what they stumble.
20 My son, hearken to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
21 Let them not depart from your eyes; guard them within your heart,
22 for they are life for those who find them, and for all his flesh a healing.
23 From every interdict guard your heart, for the issues of life [come] out of it.
24 Take crooked speech away from yourself, and put devious lips far away from you.
25 Let your eyes look forward, and let your eyelids look straight ahead of you.
26 Weigh the path of your feet, and all your ways will be established.
27 Turn neither right nor left; keep your feet from evil.

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The book concludes with a warning against the adulterous woman, who represents the seductions of sin and the dangers of moral corruption.

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