Proverbs 4:1-11

1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
2 For I give you a good gift; forsake ye not my law.
3 For I also was a son obedient to father, and loved in the sight of mother:
4 who spoke and instructed me, , Let our speech be fixed in thine heart, keep commandments, forget them not:
5 and do not neglect the speech of my mouth.
6 And forsake it not, and it shall cleave to thee: love it, and it shall keep thee.
8 Secure it, and it shall exalt thee: honour it, that it may embrace thee;
9 that it may give unto thy head a crown of graces, and may cover thee with a crown of delight.
10 Hear, son, and receive my words; and the years of thy life shall be increased, that the resources of thy life may be many.
11 For I teach thee the ways of wisdom; and I cause thee to go in right paths.

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. See Appendix - Alexandrian codex has: “Get wisdom, get understanding, forget not, nor decline from the words of my mouth.”
  • [b]. Lit. dig a trench about her, see Heb.
  • [c]. Gr. wheel-tracks, see chap 2. 18. Heb 12. 13.

The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.