Pro 4:2 For I give you sound teaching; Do not abandon my instruction.

Pro 4:3 When I was a son to my father, Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother,

Pro 4:4 Then he taught me and said to me, "Let your heart hold fast my words; Keep my commandments and live;

Pro 4:5 Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding! Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.

Pro 4:6 "Do not forsake her, and she will guard you; Love her, and she will watch over you.

Pro 4:7 "The beginning of wisdom is: Acquire wisdom; And with all your acquiring, get understanding.

Pro 4:8 "Prize her, and she will exalt you; She will honor you if you embrace her.

Pro 4:9 "She will place on your head a garland of grace; She will present you with a crown of beauty."

Pro 4:10 Hear, my son, and accept my sayings And the years of your life will be many.

Pro 4:11 I have directed you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in upright paths.

Pro 4:12 When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; And if you run, you will not stumble.

Pro 4:13 Take hold of instruction; do not let go. Guard her, for she is your life.

Pro 4:14 Do not enter the path of the wicked And do not proceed in the way of evil men.

Pro 4:15 Avoid it, do not pass by it; Turn away from it and pass on.

Pro 4:16 For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; And they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.

Pro 4:17 For they eat the bread of wickedness And drink the wine of violence.

Pro 4:18 But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, That shines brighter and brighter until the full day.

Pro 4:19 The way of the wicked is like darkness; They do not know over what they stumble.

Pro 4:20 My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings.

Pro 4:21 Do not let them depart from your sight; Keep them in the midst of your heart.

Pro 4:22 For they are life to those who find them And health to all their body.

Pro 4:23 Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life.

Pro 4:24 Put away from you a deceitful mouth And put devious speech far from you.

Pro 4:25 Let your eyes look directly ahead And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you.

Pro 4:26 Watch the path of your feet And all your ways will be established.

Pro 4:27 Do not turn to the right nor to the left; Turn your foot from evil.

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Pro 5:1 My son, give attention to my wisdom, Incline your ear to my understanding;

Pro 5:2 That you may observe discretion And your lips may reserve knowledge.

Pro 5:3 For the lips of an adulteress drip honey And smoother than oil is her speech;

Pro 5:4 But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.

Pro 5:5 Her feet go down to death, Her steps take hold of Sheol.

Pro 5:6 She does not ponder the path of life; Her ways are unstable, she does not know it.

Pro 5:7 Now then, my sons, listen to me And do not depart from the words of my mouth.

Pro 5:8 Keep your way far from her And do not go near the door of her house,

Pro 5:9 Or you will give your vigor to others And your years to the cruel one;

Pro 5:10 And strangers will be filled with your strength And your hard-earned goods will go to the house of an alien;

Pro 5:11 And you groan at your final end, When your flesh and your body are consumed;

Pro 5:12 And you say, "How I have hated instruction! And my heart spurned reproof!

Pro 5:13 "I have not listened to the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined my ear to my instructors!

Pro 5:14 "I was almost in utter ruin In the midst of the assembly and congregation."

Pro 5:15 Drink water from your own cistern And fresh water from your own well.

Pro 5:16 Should your springs be dispersed abroad, Streams of water in the streets?

Pro 5:17 Let them be yours alone And not for strangers with you.

Pro 5:18 Let your fountain be blessed, And rejoice in the wife of your youth.

Pro 5:19 As a loving hind and a graceful doe, Let her breasts satisfy you at all times; Be exhilarated always with her love.

Pro 5:20 For why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an adulteress And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?

Pro 5:21 For the ways of a man are before the eyes of the Lord, And He watches all his paths.

Pro 5:22 His own iniquities will capture the wicked, And he will be held with the cords of his sin.

Pro 5:23 He will die for lack of instruction, And in the greatness of his folly he will go astray.

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Pro 6:1 My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor, Have given a pledge for a stranger,

Pro 6:2 If you have been snared with the words of your mouth, Have been caught with the words of your mouth,

Pro 6:3 Do this then, my son, and deliver yourself; Since you have come into the hand of your neighbor, Go, humble yourself, and importune your neighbor.

Pro 6:4 Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids;

Pro 6:5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter's hand And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Pro 6:6 Go to the ant, O sluggard, Observe her ways and be wise,

Pro 6:7 Which, having no chief, Officer or ruler,

Pro 6:8 Prepares her food in the summer And gathers her provision in the harvest.

Pro 6:9 How long will you lie down, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep?

Pro 6:10 "A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest"--

Pro 6:11 Your poverty will come in like a vagabond And your need like an armed man.

Pro 6:12 A worthless person, a wicked man, Is the one who walks with a perverse mouth,

Pro 6:13 Who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, Who points with his fingers;

Pro 6:14 Who with perversity in his heart continually devises evil, Who spreads strife.

Pro 6:15 Therefore his calamity will come suddenly; Instantly he will be broken and there will be no healing.

Pro 6:16 There are six things which the Lord hates, Yes, seven which are an abomination to Him:

Pro 6:17 Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood,

Pro 6:18 A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that run rapidly to evil,

Pro 6:19 A false witness who utters lies, And one who spreads strife among brothers.

Pro 6:20 My son, observe the commandment of your father And do not forsake the teaching of your mother;

Pro 6:21 Bind them continually on your heart; Tie them around your neck.

Pro 6:22 When you walk about, they will guide you; When you sleep, they will watch over you; And when you awake, they will talk to you.

Pro 6:23 For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching is light; And reproofs for discipline are the way of life

Pro 6:24 To keep you from the evil woman, From the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

Pro 6:25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart, Nor let her capture you with her eyelids.

Pro 6:26 For on account of a harlot one is reduced to a loaf of bread, And an adulteress hunts for the precious life.

Pro 6:27 Can a man take fire in his bosom And his clothes not be burned?

Pro 6:28 Or can a man walk on hot coals And his feet not be scorched?

Pro 6:29 So is the one who goes in to his neighbor's wife; Whoever touches her will not go unpunished.

Pro 6:30 Men do not despise a thief if he steals To satisfy himself when he is hungry;

Pro 6:31 But when he is found, he must repay sevenfold; He must give all the substance of his house.

Pro 6:32 The one who commits adultery with a woman is lacking sense; He who would destroy himself does it.

Pro 6:33 Wounds and disgrace he will find, And his reproach will not be blotted out.

Pro 6:34 For jealousy enrages a man, And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

Pro 6:35 He will not accept any ransom, Nor will he be satisfied though you give many gifts.

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Day 159 -- 8 June:   Proverbs 16-18

Day 160 -- 9 June:   Proverbs 19-21