Proverbs 4:1-2
Revised Standard Version
Fatherly Advice
4 Hear, O sons, a father’s instruction,
and be attentive, that you may gain[a] insight;
2 for I give you good precepts:
do not forsake my teaching.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 4:1 Heb know
Proverbs 4:1-2
New International Version
Get Wisdom at Any Cost
Proverbs 4:1-2
King James Version
4 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
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Proverbs 4:1-2
New King James Version
Security in Wisdom
4 Hear, (A)my children, the instruction of a father,
And give attention to know understanding;
2 For I give you good doctrine:
Do not forsake my law.
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