--- title: "Proverbs 4 - Study King James Bible with treasury of scripture knowledge" description: "Read Proverbs 4 with treasury of scripture knowledge commentary. 1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. 2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. 3 For I was my" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/proverbs/4" --- [ Read](/kjv/proverbs/4)[ Commentary](/study/proverbs/4)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/proverbs/4) Audio 1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. 2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. 3 For I was my father’s son, tender and only *beloved* in the sight of my mother. 4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. 5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget *it* not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. 6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. 7 Wisdom *is* the principal thing; *therefore* get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. 8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. 9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.* 10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. 11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. 12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. 13 Take fast hold of instruction; let *her* not go: keep her; for she *is* thy life. 14 ¶ Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil *men*. 15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. 16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause *some* to fall. 17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. 18 But the path of the just *is* as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. 19 The way of the wicked *is* as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. 20 ¶ My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they *are* life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.* 23 ¶ Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it *are* the issues of life.* 24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.* 25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. 26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.* 27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil. [Proverbs 3](/study/proverbs/3) [Proverbs 5](/study/proverbs/5) ## Commentary To verse 1 **ye:** [Proverbs 1:8](/kjv/proverbs/1/8), [Proverbs 6:20-23](/kjv/proverbs/6/20-23), [Psalms 34:11](/kjv/psalms/34/11), [1 Thessalonians 2:11](/kjv/1-thessalonians/2/11), [1 Thessalonians 2:12](/kjv/1-thessalonians/2/12) **attend:** [Proverbs 2:1-5](/kjv/proverbs/2/1-5), [Proverbs 5:1](/kjv/proverbs/5/1), [Proverbs 7:4](/kjv/proverbs/7/4), [Proverbs 8:32-36](/kjv/proverbs/8/32-36), [Proverbs 19:20](/kjv/proverbs/19/20), [Proverbs 22:17](/kjv/proverbs/22/17), [Hebrews 2:1](/kjv/hebrews/2/1) **Reciprocal:** [Genesis 49:2](/kjv/genesis/49/2) - hearken [Deuteronomy 4:9](/kjv/deuteronomy/4/9) - teach them [Deuteronomy 11:19](/kjv/deuteronomy/11/19) - *General* [Job 33:33](/kjv/job/33/33) - hearken [Psalms 32:8](/kjv/psalms/32/8) - instruct [Psalms 49:3](/kjv/psalms/49/3) - mouth [Psalms 119:9](/kjv/psalms/119/9) - shall [Proverbs 5:7](/kjv/proverbs/5/7) - Hear [Proverbs 7:24](/kjv/proverbs/7/24) - O [Proverbs 8:33](/kjv/proverbs/8/33) - Hear [Proverbs 13:1](/kjv/proverbs/13/1) - wise [Proverbs 23:15](/kjv/proverbs/23/15) - My son [Jeremiah 35:8](/kjv/jeremiah/35/8) - *General* [Ephesians 6:4](/kjv/ephesians/6/4) - but [Colossians 3:21](/kjv/colossians/3/21) - *General* ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/proverbs/4#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/proverbs/4#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/proverbs/4","name":"Proverbs 4 - Study King James Bible with treasury of scripture knowledge","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/proverbs/4#primaryimage"},"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"Read Proverbs 4 with treasury of scripture knowledge commentary. 1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. 2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. 3 For I was my","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/proverbs/4#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/proverbs/4"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/proverbs/4#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study","name":"Study Bible"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge","name":"treasury of scripture knowledge"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/proverbs","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/proverbs","name":"Proverbs"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/proverbs/4","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/proverbs/4","name":"4"}}]},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","width":512,"height":512},"logo":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo"},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/RBiblebeliever","https://www.facebook.com/RBibleBelievers"]}]} ```