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משלי ד׳Proverbs 4

Chapter 4 of 31 in Proverbs — 27 verses

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Total gematria
52,452
Letters
759
Words
200
Verses
27
Per word average
262.26

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Verse 1א׳Standard1,827

שִׁמְעוּ בָנִים מוּסַר אָב וְהַקְשִׁיבוּ לָדַעַת בִּינָֽה

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding.

Verse 2ב׳Standard2,667

כִּי לֶקַח טוֹב נָתַתִּי לָכֶם תּֽוֹרָתִי אַֽל־תַּעֲזֹֽבוּ

For I give you a good taking; Forsake ye not my teaching.

Verse 3ג׳Standard1,039

כִּי־בֵן הָיִיתִי לְאָבִי רַךְ וְיָחִיד לִפְנֵי אִמִּֽי

For I was a son unto my father, Tender and an only one in front of my mother.

Verse 4ד׳Standard2,426

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;

Verse 5ה׳Standard2,036

קְנֵה חָכְמָה קְנֵה בִינָה אַל־תִּשְׁכַּח וְאַל־תֵּט מֵֽאִמְרֵי־פִֽי

Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;

Verse 6ו׳Standard2,210

אַל־תַּעַזְבֶהָ וְתִשְׁמְרֶךָּ אֱהָבֶהָ וְתִצְּרֶֽךָּ

Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee.

Verse 7ז׳Standard1,722

רֵאשִׁית חָכְמָה קְנֵה חָכְמָה וּבְכָל־קִנְיָנְךָ קְנֵה בִינָֽה

The beginning of wisdom is: Get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding.

Verse 8ח׳Standard1,938

סַלְסְלֶהָ וּֽתְרוֹמְמֶךָּ תְּכַבֵּדְךָ כִּי תְחַבְּקֶֽנָּה

Extol her, and she will exalt thee; She will bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

Verse 9ט׳Standard4,178

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.’

Verse 10י׳Standard1,935

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.

…and 14 more verses in this chapter.

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Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English: The Holy Scriptures (JPS 1917), public domain.