Proverbs 2:1
The Value of Wisdom
1 uMy son, vif you receive my words
and treasure up my commandments with you,
Proverbs 4:1–4
A Father’s Wise Instruction
1 fHear, O sons, a father’s instruction,
and be attentive, that you may ggain1 insight,
2 for I give you good hprecepts;
do not forsake my teaching.
3 When I was a son with my father,
itender, jthe only one in the sight of my mother,
4 he ktaught me and said to me,
l“Let your heart hold fast my words;
mkeep my commandments, and live.