Proverbs 4:1-9

American Standard Version

4 Hear, my sons, the instruction of a father,
And attend to know understanding:
² For I give you good doctrine;
Forsake ye not my ^[a]law.
³ For I was a son unto my father,
Tender and ^[b]only beloved in the sight of my mother.
⁴ And he taught me, and said unto me:
Let thy heart retain my words;
Keep my commandments, and live;
⁵ Get wisdom, get understanding;
Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;
⁶ Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee;
Love her, and she will keep thee.
^7 [c]Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom;
Yea, with all ^[d]thy getting get understanding.
⁸ Exalt her, and she will promote thee;
She will bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.
⁹ She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace;
A crown of ^[e]beauty will she deliver to thee.