Proverbs 4:1
Hear, O sons, a father’s instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight,
In context
1 Hear, O sons, 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, the only one in the sight of my mother, 4 he taught me and said to me, “Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 4:1 in the KJV
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding.
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 4:1 in the NIV
Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.