eSee 1 Chr. 22:5
uSee 1 Sam. 12:23
Proverbs 4:1-14
A Father’s Wise Instruction
1 aHear, O sons, a father’s instruction,and be attentive, that you may bgain ▼
▼Hebrew know
insight,2for I give you good dprecepts;
do not forsake my teaching.
3When I was a son with my father,
etender, fthe only one in the sight of my mother,
4he gtaught me and said to me,
h“Let your heart hold fast my words;
ikeep my commandments, and live.
5 jGet wisdom; get kinsight;
do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
6Do not forsake her, and she will keep you;
llove her, and she will guard you.
7 mThe beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom,
and whatever you get, get ninsight.
8Prize her highly, and she will exalt you;
she will ohonor you pif you embrace her.
9She will place on your head qa graceful garland;
she will bestow on you a beautiful crown.”
10 rHear, smy son, and accept my words,
that tthe years of your life may be many.
11I have utaught you the way of wisdom;
I have led you in the paths of uprightness.
12When you walk, vyour step will not be hampered,
and wif you run, you will not stumble.
13 xKeep hold of instruction; do not let go;
guard her, for she is your ylife.
14 zDo not enter the path of the wicked,
and do not walk in the way of the evil.
Proverbs 4:20-22
20 aaMy son, be attentive to my words;incline your ear to my sayings.
21 abLet them not escape from your sight;
ackeep them within your heart.
22For they are adlife to those who find them,
and healing to all their ▼
▼Hebrew his
flesh.Proverbs 10:1
The Proverbs of Solomon
1 afThe proverbs of Solomon.agA wise son makes a glad father,
ahbut a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
Proverbs 15:5
5 aiA fool ajdespises his father’s instruction,but akwhoever heeds reproof is prudent.
Proverbs 15:20
20 alA wise son makes a glad father,but a foolish man despises his mother.
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