Genesis 49:2
New Living Translation
2 “Come and listen, you sons of Jacob;
listen to Israel, your father.
Psalm 34:11
New Living Translation
11 Come, my children, and listen to me,
and I will teach you to fear the Lord.
Proverbs 23:26
New Living Translation
26 O my son, give me your heart.
May your eyes take delight in following my ways.
Proverbs 23:22
New Living Translation
22 Listen to your father, who gave you life,
and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
Proverbs 8:32
New Living Translation
32 “And so, my children,[a] listen to me,
for all who follow my ways are joyful.
Footnotes
- 8:32 Hebrew my sons.
Proverbs 7:24
New Living Translation
24 So listen to me, my sons,
and pay attention to my words.
Proverbs 7:1
New Living Translation
Another Warning about Immoral Women
7 Follow my advice, my son;
always treasure my commands.
Proverbs 6:20
New Living Translation
20 My son, obey your father’s commands,
and don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.
Proverbs 5:1
New Living Translation
Avoid Immoral Women
5 My son, pay attention to my wisdom;
listen carefully to my wise counsel.
Proverbs 4:1-4
New Living Translation
A Father’s Wise Advice
4 My children,[a] listen when your father corrects you.
Pay attention and learn good judgment,
2 for I am giving you good guidance.
Don’t turn away from my instructions.
3 For I, too, was once my father’s son,
tenderly loved as my mother’s only child.
4 My father taught me,
“Take my words to heart.
Follow my commands, and you will live.
Footnotes
- 4:1 Hebrew My sons.
Proverbs 1:8-9
New Living Translation
A Father’s Exhortation: Acquire Wisdom
8 My child,[a] listen when your father corrects you.
Don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.
9 What you learn from them will crown you with grace
and be a chain of honor around your neck.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
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