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The most popular Bible verses from Proverbs 4

Found 27 Verses

Proverbs 4:23

Bible Rank: 729

Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. NIV

Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life. AMP

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. KJV

Proverbs 4:7

Bible Rank: 2,087

The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding. NIV

The beginning of Wisdom is: get Wisdom (skillful and godly Wisdom)! [For skillful and godly Wisdom is the principal thing.] And with all you have gotten, get understanding (discernment, comprehension, and interpretation). [James 1:5.] AMP

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. KJV

Proverbs 4:5

Bible Rank: 2,088

Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn away from them. NIV

Get skillful and godly Wisdom, get understanding (discernment, comprehension, and interpretation); do not forget and do not turn back from the words of my mouth. AMP

Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. KJV

Proverbs 4:20

Bible Rank: 3,190

My son, pay attention to what I say; turn your ear to my words. NIV

My son, attend to my words; consent and submit to my sayings. AMP

My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. KJV

Proverbs 4:18

Bible Rank: 3,408

The path of the righteous is like the morning sun, shining ever brighter till the full light of day. NIV

But the path of the [uncompromisingly] just and righteous is like the light of dawn, that shines more and more (brighter and clearer) until [it reaches its full strength and glory in] the perfect day [to be prepared]. [II Sam. 23:4; Matt. 5:14; Phil. 2:15.] AMP

But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. KJV

Proverbs 4:6

Bible Rank: 3,810

Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you. NIV

Forsake not [Wisdom], and she will keep, defend, and protect you; love her, and she will guard you. AMP

Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. KJV

Proverbs 4:8

Bible Rank: 4,933

Cherish her, and she will exalt you; embrace her, and she will honor you. NIV

Prize Wisdom highly and exalt her, and she will exalt and promote you; she will bring you to honor when you embrace her. AMP

Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. KJV

Proverbs 4:9

Bible Rank: 6,204

"She will give you a garland to grace your head and present you with a glorious crown." NIV

She shall give to your head a wreath of gracefulness; a crown of beauty and glory will she deliver to you. AMP

She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. KJV

Proverbs 4:10

Bible Rank: 6,595

Listen, my son, accept what I say, and the years of your life will be many. NIV

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings, and the years of your life shall be many. AMP

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. KJV

Proverbs 4:11

Bible Rank: 7,055

I instruct you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths. NIV

I have taught you in the way of skillful and godly Wisdom [which is comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God]; I have led you in paths of uprightness. AMP

I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. KJV