Proverbs 4:1-4 Parallel Bible Translations

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BISHOPS
Bishops' Bible of 1568
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1 Heare O ye chyldren a fatherly instruction, & take good heede, that ye may learne vnderstanding. Hear, O sons, a father’s instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight, Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
2 For I haue geuen you a good doctrine, forsake not ye my lawe. for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching. I give you sound learning, so do not forsake my teaching.
3 For when I my selfe was my fathers deare sonne, and tenderly beloued of my mother: When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother, For I too was a son to my father, still tender, and cherished by my mother.
4 He taught me also and sayde vnto me, let thyne heart receaue my wordes, kepe my commaundementes and thou shalt liue. he taught me and said to me, “Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live. Then he taught me, and he said to me, “Take hold of my words with all your heart; keep my commands, and you will live.
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