Book of Proverbs - Chapter 4

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

PROVERBS 4:1

For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

PROVERBS 4:2

For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

PROVERBS 4:3

He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words keep my commandments, and live.

PROVERBS 4:4

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

PROVERBS 4:5

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

PROVERBS 4:6

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

PROVERBS 4:7

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

PROVERBS 4:8

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

PROVERBS 4:9

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

PROVERBS 4:10

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

PROVERBS 4:11

When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

PROVERBS 4:12

Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go keep her; for she is thy life.

PROVERBS 4:13

Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

PROVERBS 4:14

Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

PROVERBS 4:15

For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

PROVERBS 4:16

For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

PROVERBS 4:17

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

PROVERBS 4:18

The way of the wicked is as darkness they know not at what they stumble.

PROVERBS 4:19

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

PROVERBS 4:20

Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

PROVERBS 4:21

For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

PROVERBS 4:22

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

PROVERBS 4:23

Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

PROVERBS 4:24

Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

PROVERBS 4:25

Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

PROVERBS 4:26

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left remove thy foot from evil.

PROVERBS 4:27

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Say, We believe in God and what was sent down to us, and what was sent down to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob and the Tribes, and what was given to Moses, Jesus and all the Prophets by their Lord
Quran 2:136

Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me
John 14:6

Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I
John 14:28

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord
Deuteronomy 6:4

The Creator of the heavens and the earth. He has made for you mates from yourselves, and for the cattle (also) mates. By this means He creates you (in the wombs)
Quran 42:11

O people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians): Come to a word that is just between us and you, that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partners with Him, and that none of us shall take others as lords besides Allah
Quran 3:64

I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me
John 5:30

Indeed, We have revealed to you, (O Muhammad), as We revealed to Noah and the prophets after him. And we revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, the Descendants, Jesus, Job, Jonah, Aaron, and Solomon, and to David We gave the book (of Psalms)
Quran 4:163

Blessed be He Who has placed in the heaven big stars, and has placed therein a great lamp (sun), and a moon giving light. And He it is Who has put the night and the day in succession
Quran 25:61

He (Jesus) Himself stood in their midst and said to them, Peace be to you
Luke 24:36

O My servants who have transgressed against themselves, do not despair of the mercy of God. Indeed, God forgives all sins. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful
Quran 39: 53

Indeed, man is in loss, except those who have faith and do righteous deeds, and advise one another to truth and patience
Quran 103:1-3

The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord
Mark 12:29

Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God
John 20:17

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Matthew 27:46

Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
John 13:16

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind
Matthew 22:37

By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.
John 5:30

Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
John 5:19

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 7:21

Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me
Isaiah 49:9

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