{
  "translation": {
    "id": "kjv",
    "name": "King James Version"
  },
  "book": {
    "id": "PRO",
    "name": "Proverbs"
  },
  "chapter": 4,
  "verseCount": 27,
  "verses": [
    {
      "n": 1,
      "t": "Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding."
    },
    {
      "n": 2,
      "t": "For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law."
    },
    {
      "n": 3,
      "t": "For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother."
    },
    {
      "n": 4,
      "t": "He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live."
    },
    {
      "n": 5,
      "t": "Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth."
    },
    {
      "n": 6,
      "t": "Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee."
    },
    {
      "n": 7,
      "t": "Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding."
    },
    {
      "n": 8,
      "t": "Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her."
    },
    {
      "n": 9,
      "t": "She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee."
    },
    {
      "n": 10,
      "t": "Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many."
    },
    {
      "n": 11,
      "t": "I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths."
    },
    {
      "n": 12,
      "t": "When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble."
    },
    {
      "n": 13,
      "t": "Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life."
    },
    {
      "n": 14,
      "t": "¶ Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men."
    },
    {
      "n": 15,
      "t": "Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away."
    },
    {
      "n": 16,
      "t": "For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall."
    },
    {
      "n": 17,
      "t": "For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence."
    },
    {
      "n": 18,
      "t": "But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day."
    },
    {
      "n": 19,
      "t": "The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble."
    },
    {
      "n": 20,
      "t": "¶ My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings."
    },
    {
      "n": 21,
      "t": "Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart."
    },
    {
      "n": 22,
      "t": "For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh."
    },
    {
      "n": 23,
      "t": "¶ Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life."
    },
    {
      "n": 24,
      "t": "Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee."
    },
    {
      "n": 25,
      "t": "Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee."
    },
    {
      "n": 26,
      "t": "Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established."
    },
    {
      "n": 27,
      "t": "Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil."
    }
  ],
  "exportedAt": "2026-09-06T16:31:23.785Z",
  "source": "https://quillin.org"
}