Proverbs 4 Bible Study Guide

Proverbs 4 is a father's lecture to his children, urging them to get wisdom above all else. Solomon recounts how his father David taught him to hold fast to wisdom. The chapter contrasts the path of the righteous, which is like the light of dawn growing brighter, with the way of the wicked, which is like deep darkness. It warns against the mouth of the perverse and calls the hearer to guard the heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.