1Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;a
2for I give you sound learning. Don’t forsake my law.b
3For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.
4He taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.c
Proverbs 4 is a father’s impassioned speech to his son, urging him to pursue wisdom as the single most important path in life. The chapter unfolds in three movements: a personal testimony about receiving wisdom from the father’s own father, a stark contrast between the way of wis
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