Add parallel Print Page Options

Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction.
    Pay attention and know understanding;

Read full chapter

A Father’s Wise Advice

My children,[a] listen when your father corrects you.
    Pay attention and learn good judgment,

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 4:1 Hebrew My sons.

Get Wisdom at Any Cost

Listen, my sons,(A) to a father’s instruction;(B)
    pay attention and gain understanding.(C)

Read full chapter

Children’s children are the crown of old men;
    the glory of children are their parents.

Read full chapter

Grandchildren are the crowning glory of the aged;
    parents[a] are the pride of their children.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 17:6 Hebrew fathers.

Children’s children(A) are a crown to the aged,
    and parents are the pride of their children.

Read full chapter