Proverbs 4:1-13 Hear, my children, the instruction of a father, and give attention to know understanding.

CAB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Hear, my children, the instruction of a father, and give attention to know understanding. ² For I give you a good gift; forsake not my law. ³ For I also was a son obedient to my father, and loved in the sight of my mother: ⁴ who spoke and instructed me, saying, Let our speech be fixed in your heart, keep our commandments, forget them not: ⁵ and do not neglect the speech of my mouth. ⁶ And forsake it not, and it shall cleave to you: love it, and it shall keep you. ⁷ (TEXT OMITTED) ⁸ Secure it, and it shall exalt you: honor it, that it may embrace you; ⁹ that it may give unto your head a crown of grace, and may cover you with a crown of delight. ¹⁰ Hear, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life shall be increased, that the resources of your life may be many. ¹¹ For I teach you the ways of wisdom; and I cause you to go in right paths. ¹² For when you go, your steps shall not be hindered; and when you run, you shall not be distressed. ¹³ Take hold of my instruction; do not let it go, but keep it for yourself, for your life.