Proverbs 4:1-10

¹Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding.

²For I give you a good gift; Forsake ye 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 thy 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 thee: Love it, and it shall keep thee.

⁸Secure it, and it shall exalt thee: Honor it, that it may embrace thee;

⁹That it may give unto thy head a crown of graces, And may cover thee with a crown of delight.

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