A Father’s Instruction

Listen, my sons, to the (A)instruction of a father,
And (B)pay attention so that you may [a]gain understanding,
For I give you good (C)teaching;
(D)Do not abandon my [b]instruction.
When I was a son to my father,
(E)Tender and (F)the only son in the sight of my mother,
He (G)taught me and said to me,
“Let your heart (H)take hold of my words;
(I)Keep my commandments and live;

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 4:1 Lit know
  2. Proverbs 4:2 Or law

Security in Wisdom

Hear, (A)my children, the instruction of a father,
And give attention to know understanding;
For I give you good doctrine:
Do not forsake my law.
When I was my father’s son,
(B)Tender and the only one in the sight of my mother,
(C)He also taught me, and said to me:
“Let your heart retain my words;
(D)Keep my commands, and live.

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Превосходство мудрости

Послушайте, сыновья, наставление отца;
    внимайте, чтобы обрести понимание.
Я даю вам учение доброе,
    не оставляйте моего поучения.
Когда я был мальчиком в доме у моего отца,
    нежным еще и единственным у моей матери,
отец учил меня и говорил:
    «Пусть твое сердце удержит мои слова;
храни мои повеления и живи.

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