Proverbs 4:1-7 ▼

1 Listen, children, to a father's instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment.

2 Because I give you good instruction, do not forsake my teaching.

3 When I was a son to my father, a tender only child before my mother,

4 he taught me, and he said to me: |Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands so that you will live.

5 Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding; do not forget and do not turn aside from the words I speak.

6 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will guard you.

7 Wisdom is supreme--so acquire wisdom, and whatever you acquire, acquire understanding!