Proverbs 4:1-12

Coverdale^{(i) 1} Heare (O ye children) the fatherly exortacio, & take good hede, that ye maye lerne wy?dome. ² Yee I shal geue you a good rewarde, yf ye wil not forsake my lawe. ³ For when I myself was my fathers deare sonne, and tenderly beloued of my mother, ⁴ he taught me also, sayenge: let thine herte receaue my wordes, kepe my commaundementes, and thou shalt lyue. ⁵ Get the wy?dome, get the vnderstondinge, forget not ye wordes of my mouth, & shreke not from them. ⁶ Forsake her not, and she shal preserue the: loue her, and she shal kepe the. ⁷ The chefe poynte of wy?dome is, that thou be wyllynge to opteyne wy?dome, and before all thy goodes to get the vnderstondynge. ⁸ Make moch of her, and she shal promote the: Yee yf thou embracest her, she shal brynge the vnto honoure. ⁹ She shal make the a gracious heade, and garnish the with ye crowne of glory. ¹⁰ Heare my sonne, and receaue my wordes, that the yeares of thy life maye be many. ¹¹ I wil shewe the ye waye of wy?dome, and lede the in the right pathes. ¹² So that yf thou goest therin, there shal no straytnesse hynder the: and when thou runnest, thou shalt not fall.