Proverbs 2:1
New Living Translation
The Benefits of Wisdom
2 My child,[a] listen to what I say,
and treasure my commands.
Footnotes
- 2:1 Hebrew My son.
Proverbs 3:1
New Living Translation
Trusting in the Lord
3 My child,[a] never forget the things I have taught you.
Store my commands in your heart.
Proverbs 1:3
New Living Translation
3 Their purpose is to teach people to live disciplined and successful lives,
to help them do what is right, just, and fair.
Proverbs 4:1
New Living Translation
A Father’s Wise Advice
4 My children,[a] listen when your father corrects you.
Pay attention and learn good judgment,
Footnotes
- 4:1 Hebrew My sons.
John 12:47-48
New Living Translation
47 I will not judge those who hear me but don’t obey me, for I have come to save the world and not to judge it. 48 But all who reject me and my message will be judged on the day of judgment by the truth I have spoken.
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Proverbs 7:1
New Living Translation
Another Warning about Immoral Women
7 Follow my advice, my son;
always treasure my commands.
Deuteronomy 6:6-9
New Living Translation
6 And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. 7 Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up. 8 Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders. 9 Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
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Proverbs 4:20-22
New Living Translation
20 My child, pay attention to what I say.
Listen carefully to my words.
21 Don’t lose sight of them.
Let them penetrate deep into your heart,
22 for they bring life to those who find them,
and healing to their whole body.
Proverbs 6:21
New Living Translation
21 Keep their words always in your heart.
Tie them around your neck.
Psalm 119:9-11
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Beth
9 How can a young person stay pure?
By obeying your word.
10 I have tried hard to find you—
don’t let me wander from your commands.
11 I have hidden your word in my heart,
that I might not sin against you.
Job 23:12
New Living Translation
12 I have not departed from his commands,
but have treasured his words more than daily food.
Proverbs 4:10
New Living Translation
10 My child,[a] listen to me and do as I say,
and you will have a long, good life.
Luke 2:19
New Living Translation
19 but Mary kept all these things in her heart and thought about them often.
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Matthew 13:44
New Living Translation
Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl
44 “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure that a man discovered hidden in a field. In his excitement, he hid it again and sold everything he owned to get enough money to buy the field.
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1 Timothy 1:15
New Living Translation
15 This is a trustworthy saying, and everyone should accept it: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”—and I am the worst of them all.
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Luke 9:44
New Living Translation
44 “Listen to me and remember what I say. The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of his enemies.”
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Luke 2:51
New Living Translation
51 Then he returned to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. And his mother stored all these things in her heart.
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