--- title: Proverbs 4 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Proverbs chapter 4 of the Tanakh (Ketuvim — the Writings) in Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO/4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Proverbs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO/) / chapter 4 # Proverbs 4 27 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [4:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.1/) — שִׁמְעוּ בָנִים מוּסַר אָב וְהַקְשִׁיבוּ לָדַעַת בִּינָֽה׃ — Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. - [4:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.2/) — כִּי לֶקַח טוֹב נָתַתִּי לָכֶם תּֽוֹרָתִי אַֽל־תַּעֲזֹֽבוּ׃ — For I give you good doctrine; forsake ye not my teaching. - [4:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.3/) — כִּי־בֵן הָיִיתִי לְאָבִי רַךְ וְיָחִיד לִפְנֵי אִמִּֽי׃ — For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother. - [4:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.4/) — וַיֹּרֵנִי וַיֹּאמֶר לִי יִֽתְמָךְ־דְּבָרַי לִבֶּךָ שְׁמֹר מִצְוֺתַי וֶֽחְיֵֽה׃ — And he taught me, and said unto me: 'Let thy heart hold fast my words, keep my commandments, and live; - [4:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.5/) — קְנֵה חָכְמָה קְנֵה בִינָה אַל־תִּשְׁכַּח וְאַל־תֵּט מֵֽאִמְרֵי־פִֽי׃ — Get wisdom, get understanding; forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth; - [4:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.6/) — אַל־תַּעַזְבֶהָ וְתִשְׁמְרֶךָּ אֱהָבֶהָ וְתִצְּרֶֽךָּ׃ — Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; love her, and she will keep thee. - [4:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.7/) — רֵאשִׁית חָכְמָה קְנֵה חָכְמָה וּבְכָל־קִנְיָנְךָ קְנֵה בִינָֽה׃ — The beginning of wisdom is: Get wisdom; yea, with all thy getting get understanding. - [4:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.8/) — סַלְסְלֶהָ וּֽתְרוֹמְמֶךָּ תְּכַבֵּדְךָ כִּי תְחַבְּקֶֽנָּה׃ — Extol her, and she will exalt thee; she will bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. - [4:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.9/) — תִּתֵּן לְרֹאשְׁךָ לִוְיַת־חֵן עֲטֶרֶת תִּפְאֶרֶת תְּמַגְּנֶֽךָּ׃ — She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; a crown of glory will she bestow on thee.' - [4:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.10/) — שְׁמַע בְּנִי וְקַח אֲמָרָי וְיִרְבּוּ לְךָ שְׁנוֹת חַיִּֽים׃ — Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. - [4:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.11/) — בְּדֶרֶךְ חָכְמָה הֹרֵתִיךָ הִדְרַכְתִּיךָ בְּמַעְגְּלֵי־יֹֽשֶׁר׃ — I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness. - [4:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.12/) — בְּֽלֶכְתְּךָ לֹא־יֵצַר צַעֲדֶךָ וְאִם־תָּרוּץ לֹא תִכָּשֵֽׁל׃ — When thou goest, thy step shall not be straitened; and if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. - [4:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.13/) — הַחֲזֵק בַּמּוּסָר אַל־תֶּרֶף נִצְּרֶהָ כִּי־הִיא חַיֶּֽיךָ׃ — Take fast hold of instruction, let her not go; keep her, for she is thy life. - [4:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.14/) — בְּאֹרַח רְשָׁעִים אַל־תָּבֹא וְאַל־תְּאַשֵּׁר בְּדֶרֶךְ רָעִֽים׃ — Enter not into the path of the wicked, and walk not in the way of evil men. - [4:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.15/) — פְּרָעֵהוּ אַל־תַּעֲבָר־בּוֹ שְׂטֵה מֵעָלָיו וַעֲבֽוֹר׃ — Avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass on. - [4:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.16/) — כִּי לֹא יִֽשְׁנוּ אִם־לֹא יָרֵעוּ וְֽנִגְזְלָה שְׁנָתָם אִם־לֹא יַכְשִֽׁילוּ׃ — For they sleep not, except they have done evil; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. - [4:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.17/) — כִּי לָחֲמוּ לֶחֶם רֶשַׁע וְיֵין חֲמָסִים יִשְׁתּֽוּ׃ — For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. - [4:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.18/) — וְאֹרַח צַדִּיקִים כְּאוֹר נֹגַהּ הוֹלֵךְ וָאוֹר עַד־נְכוֹן הַיּֽוֹם׃ — But the path of the righteous is as the light of dawn, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. - [4:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.19/) — דֶּרֶךְ רְשָׁעִים כָּֽאֲפֵלָה לֹא יָדְעוּ בַּמֶּה יִכָּשֵֽׁלוּ׃פ — The way of the wicked is as darkness; they know not at what they stumble. - [4:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.20/) — בְּנִי לִדְבָרַי הַקְשִׁיבָה לַאֲמָרַי הַט־אָזְנֶֽךָ׃ — My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. - [4:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.21/) — אַל־יַלִּיזוּ מֵעֵינֶיךָ שָׁמְרֵם בְּתוֹךְ לְבָבֶֽךָ׃ — Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart. - [4:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.22/) — כִּֽי־חַיִּים הֵם לְמֹצְאֵיהֶם וּֽלְכָל־בְּשָׂרוֹ מַרְפֵּֽא׃ — For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. - [4:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.23/) — מִֽכָּל־מִשְׁמָר נְצֹר לִבֶּךָ כִּֽי־מִמֶּנּוּ תּוֹצְאוֹת חַיִּֽים׃ — Above all that thou guardest keep thy heart; for out of it are the issues of life. - [4:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.24/) — הָסֵר מִמְּךָ עִקְּשׁוּת פֶּה וּלְזוּת שְׂפָתַיִם הַרְחֵק מִמֶּֽךָּ׃ — Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. - [4:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.25/) — עֵינֶיךָ לְנֹכַח יַבִּיטוּ וְעַפְעַפֶּיךָ יַיְשִׁרוּ נֶגְדֶּֽךָ׃ — Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. - [4:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.26/) — פַּלֵּס מַעְגַּל רַגְלֶךָ וְֽכָל־דְּרָכֶיךָ יִכֹּֽנוּ׃ — Make plain the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. - [4:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.27/) — אַֽל־תֵּט־יָמִין וּשְׂמֹאול הָסֵר רַגְלְךָ מֵרָֽע׃ — Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil. - ← previous: [Proverbs 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO/3/) - next →: [Proverbs 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO/5/) - ↑ back to [Proverbs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO/)