Proverbs 4:1-7 ▼

1 Listen, children, to a father’s instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight;

2 for I give you good precepts: do not forsake my teaching.

3 When I was a son with my father, tender, and my mother’s favorite,

4 he taught me, and said to me, “Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live.

5 Get wisdom; get insight: do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth.

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

7 The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever else you get, get insight.