Proverbs 4:2-4

Good News Translation

²What I am teaching you is good, so remember it all. ³When I was only a little boy, my parents' only son, ⁴my father would teach me. He would say, “Remember what I say and never forget it. Do as I tell you, and you will live.

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Proverbs 4:2-4

New International Version

²I give you sound learning,
    so do not forsake my teaching.
³For I too was a son to my father,
    still tender, and cherished by my mother.
⁴Then he taught me, and he said to me,
    “Take hold^(A) of my words with all your heart;
    keep my commands, and you will live.^(B)

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Proverbs 4:2-4

English Standard Version

²for I give you good ^(A)precepts;
    do not forsake my teaching.
³When I was a son with my father,
    ^(B)tender, ^(C)the only one in the sight of my mother,
⁴he ^(D)taught me and said to me,
^(E)“Let your heart hold fast my words;
    ^(F)keep my commandments, and live.