Proverbs 4

 Translation: ESV

A Father's Wise Instruction

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Date: November 18 2023
Inktober prompt: Trumpet

1 Hear, O sons, a father's instruction,

    and be attentive, that you may gain insight,

2 for I give you good precepts;

    do not forsake my teaching.

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3 When I was a son with my father,

    tender, the only one in the sight of my mother,

4 he taught me and said to me,

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“Let your heart hold fast my words;

    keep my commandments, and live.

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5 Get wisdom; get insight;

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    do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.

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Date: September 27 2026
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6 Do not forsake her, and she will keep you;

    love her, and she will guard you.

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Date: September 1 2026

7 The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom,

    and whatever you get, get insight.

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Date: October 10 2025
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8 Prize her highly, and she will exalt you;

    she will honor you if you embrace her.

9 She will place on your head a graceful garland;

    she will bestow on you a beautiful crown.”

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Date: October 10 2025
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10 Hear, my son, and accept my words,

    that the years of your life may be many.

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11 I have taught you the way of wisdom;

    I have led you in the paths of uprightness.

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Date: October 4 2026
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12 When you walk, your step will not be hampered,

    and if you run, you will not stumble.

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13 Keep hold of instruction; do not let go;

    guard her, for she is your life.

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Date: October 22 2023
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14 Do not enter the path of the wicked,

    and do not walk in the way of the evil.

15 Avoid it; do not go on it;

    turn away from it and pass on.

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16 For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong;

     they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.

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Date: October 14 2025
Inktober prompt: Drink

17 For they eat the bread of wickedness

    and drink the wine of violence.

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Date: December 8 2024
Inktober prompt: Horizon

18 But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,

    which shines brighter and brighter until full day.

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Date: October 7 2024
Inktober prompt: Boots

19 The way of the wicked is like deep darkness;

    they do not know over what they stumble.

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Date: October 7 2026
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20 My son, be attentive to my words;

    incline your ear to my sayings.

21 Let them not escape from your sight;

    keep them within your heart.

22 For they are life to those who find them,

    and healing to all their flesh.

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Date: June 24 2024
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23 Keep your heart with all vigilance,

    for from it flow the springs of life.

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Date: October 26 2023

24 Put away from you crooked speech,

    and put devious talk far from you.

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Date: January 3 2025
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25 Let your eyes look directly forward,

    and your gaze be straight before you.

26 Ponder the path of your feet;

    then all your ways will be sure.

27 Do not swerve to the right or to the left;

    turn your foot away from evil.

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