Proverbs 4 is Solomon’s most concentrated call to pursue wisdom at any cost. The father’s instruction passes across three generations - from grandfather to father to son - and closes with one of Scripture’s most striking images: the righteous path as dawning light growing brighter until the perfect day.

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Lyrics

Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction Pay attention and know understanding

For I give you sound learning Don’t forsake my law He taught me and said to me Let your heart retain my words

Keep my commandments, and live Get wisdom, get understanding Don’t forget and don’t deviate From the words of my mouth

Don’t forsake her, and she will preserve you Love her, and she will keep you Wisdom is supreme

Get wisdom, yes, though it costs all your possessions Get understanding Esteem her, and she will exalt you

She will bring you to honour when you embrace her She will give to your head a garland of grace She will deliver a crown of splendour to you

Listen, my son, and receive my sayings The years of your life will be many I have taught you in the way of wisdom I have led you in straight paths

When you go, your steps will not be hampered When you run, you will not stumble Take firm hold of instruction Don’t let her go, keep her, for she is your life

Don’t enter into the path of the wicked Don’t walk in the way of evil men Avoid it, and don’t pass by it Turn from it and pass on

The path of the righteous is like the dawning light That shines more and more until the perfect day

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Proverbs 4 sung by Psalm Selah. The whole Bible, one chapter at a time.

Published 2026-05-22 · Last updated 2026-06-06
Written by Reid Wender, Editorial Director at Psalmody Press