Parallel Bible results for "Proverbs 4:1-6"

Proverbs 4:1-6

1 Sons, listen to [your] father's discipline, and pay attention in order to gain understanding.

1 Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.

2 After all, I have taught you well. Do not abandon my teachings.

2 I give you sound learning, so do not forsake my teaching.

3 When I was a boy [learning] from my father, when I was a tender and only child of my mother,

3 For I too was a son to my father, still tender, and cherished by my mother.

4 they used to teach me and say to me, "Cling to my words wholeheartedly. Obey my commands so that you may live.

4 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.

5 Acquire wisdom. Acquire understanding. Do not forget. Do not turn away from the words that I have spoken.

5 Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn away from them.

6 Do not abandon wisdom, and it will watch over you. Love wisdom, and it will protect you.

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