Proverbs 4:1

¹Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.

¹¹Come, you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

⁸My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching;

¹My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you, ²so as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding; ³yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding; ⁴if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures; ⁵then you will understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

¹My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding,

¹¹As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children, ¹²to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.

²⁰Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end.

¹⁷Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.

⁴Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.” Call understanding your relative,

²⁰My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching. ²¹Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck. ²²When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you. ²³For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,