Proverbs 4:1
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
Context
This verse from Proverbs Chapter 4 connects to 10 cross-references. The father recalls his own father's instruction urging him to get wisdom above all else and cherish her so she will protect him. He contrasts the path of the righteous, which shines brighter until full day, with the way of …
Other Translations
Hear, mysons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:
Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.
Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:
Cross References
Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.