Proverbs 4:1-10

¹Hear, you° children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

²For I give you a good gift; forsake you° not my law.

³For I also was a son obedient to my father, and loved in the sight of my mother:

⁴who spoke and instructed me, saying, Let our speech be fixed in your heart, keep our commandments, forget them not:

⁵and do not neglect the speech of my mouth.

⁶And forsake it not, and it shall cleave to you: love it, and it shall keep you.

⁸Secure it, and it shall exalt you: honor it, that it may embrace you;

⁹that it may give to your head a crown of graces, and may cover you with a crown of delight.

¹⁰Hear, my son, and receive my words; and the years of your life shall be increased, that the resources of your life may be many.