Proverbs 4:6-10

⁶μηδὲ ἐγκαταλίπῃς αὐτήν, καὶ ἀνθέξεταί σου· ἐράσθητι αὐτῆς, καὶ τηρήσει σε·

⁷περιχαράκωσον αὐτήν, καὶ ὑψώσει σε· τίμησον αὐτήν, ἵνα σε περιλάβῃ,c

⁸ἵνα δῷ τῇ σῇ κεφαλῇ στέφανον χαρίτων, στεφάνῳ δὲ τρυφῆς ὑπερασπίσῃ σου.

⁹Ἄκουε, υἱέ, καὶ δέξαι ἐμοὺς λόγους, καὶ πληθυνθήσεται ἔτη ζωῆς σου, ἵνα σοι γένωνται πολλαὶ ὁδοὶ βίου·

¹⁰ὁδοὺς γὰρ σοφίας διδάσκω σε, ἐμβιβάζω δέ σε τροχιαῖς ὀρθαῖς.

Proverbs 4 is a father’s impassioned speech to his son, urging him to pursue wisdom as the single most important path in life. The chapter unfolds in three movements: a personal testimony about receiving wisdom from the father’s own father, a stark contrast between the way of wis

References· Proverbs 4

a: v.4 — Proverbs 3:1, 1 Chronicles 28:9, Proverbs 7:2, Deuteronomy 6:6, Isaiah 55:3, Psalms 119:11, Genesis 18:19, Proverbs 22:6, Leviticus 18:3-5, Deuteronomy 4:9
b: v.5 — Proverbs 3:13-18, 2 Chronicles 34:2, Proverbs 1:22-23, Psalms 44:18, Proverbs 17:16, Job 23:11, Proverbs 8:5, Proverbs 19:8, Proverbs 16:16, Psalms 119:51
c: v.7 — Ecclesiastes 7:12, Ecclesiastes 9:16-18, Proverbs 23:23, Proverbs 16:16, Psalms 119:104, Proverbs 21:6, Psalms 49:16-20, Ecclesiastes 2:4-9
d: v.11 — Psalms 25:4-5, Ecclesiastes 12:9, Proverbs 8:9, 1 Samuel 12:23-24, Psalms 23:3, Proverbs 8:6, Deuteronomy 4:5, Proverbs 4:4, Proverbs 8:20
e: v.12 — Proverbs 3:23, Psalms 18:36, 2 Samuel 22:37, Psalms 91:11-12, Proverbs 4:19, Psalms 119:165, Proverbs 6:22, Job 18:7-8, Jeremiah 31:9
f: v.13 — Proverbs 23:23, Proverbs 3:18, Deuteronomy 32:47, Ecclesiastes 7:12, Song of Solomon 3:4, Genesis 32:26, Proverbs 3:22
g: v.14 — Psalms 1:1, Proverbs 1:10, Proverbs 1:15, Proverbs 13:20, Proverbs 9:6, Proverbs 2:11-12, Psalms 26:4-5
h: v.16 — Psalms 36:4, Micah 2:1, Isaiah 57:20, Proverbs 1:16
i: v.18 — Job 11:17, Daniel 12:3, Psalms 84:7, Isaiah 26:7, 2 Samuel 23:4, Zechariah 14:6-7, Hosea 6:3, Job 23:10
j: v.20 — Proverbs 5:1, Isaiah 55:3, Proverbs 7:1, Proverbs 6:20-21, Psalms 78:1, Psalms 90:12
k: v.21 — Proverbs 3:21, Proverbs 7:1-2, Proverbs 3:3, Psalms 40:8, Proverbs 2:1
l: v.22 — Proverbs 12:18, Proverbs 4:10, Jeremiah 33:6, Proverbs 3:8, Proverbs 4:4
m: v.23 — Psalms 139:23-24, Proverbs 13:3, Jeremiah 17:9, Proverbs 23:19, Proverbs 28:26, Deuteronomy 4:9, Proverbs 4:7, Proverbs 3:21, Proverbs 22:5, Proverbs 11:16
n: v.24 — Proverbs 8:8, Proverbs 8:13, Proverbs 6:12, Proverbs 17:20, Job 11:14, Ezekiel 18:31
o: v.25 — Psalms 119:37, Job 31:1, Proverbs 23:33, Proverbs 23:5
p: v.26 — Psalms 37:23, Psalms 119:5, Haggai 1:5, Haggai 1:7, Proverbs 5:21, Psalms 119:59, Ezekiel 18:28, Psalms 40:2, Proverbs 5:6
q: v.27 — Deuteronomy 5:32, Joshua 1:7, Deuteronomy 28:14, Proverbs 16:17, Deuteronomy 12:32, Isaiah 1:16

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