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## Proverbs 4:4-8 in Context (Verses 1–11 KJV)
 
 [1 ](/kjv/proverbs/4/1) Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
 
 [2 ](/kjv/proverbs/4/2) For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
 
 [3 ](/kjv/proverbs/4/3) For I was my father’s son, tender and only *beloved* in the sight of my mother.
 
 [4 ](/kjv/proverbs/4/4) He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
 
 [5 ](/kjv/proverbs/4/5) Get wisdom, get understanding: forget *it* not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
 
 [6 ](/kjv/proverbs/4/6) Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
 
 [7 ](/kjv/proverbs/4/7) Wisdom *is* the principal thing; *therefore* get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
 
 [8 ](/kjv/proverbs/4/8) Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
 
 [9 ](/kjv/proverbs/4/9) She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.*
 
 [10 ](/kjv/proverbs/4/10) Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
 
 [11 ](/kjv/proverbs/4/11) I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
 
[Proverbs 3](/kjv/proverbs/3) [Proverbs 5](/kjv/proverbs/5)

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