Proverbs 4:1-12 Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

JuliaSmith⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. ² For I gave to you good instruction; ye shall not forsake my law. ³ For I was son to my father; tender and only before the face of my mother. ⁴ And he taught me, and he will say to me, Thy heart shall hold fast my words: watch my commands and live. ⁵ Obtain wisdom, obtain understanding: thou shalt not forget, and thou shalt not decline from the words of my mouth. ⁶ Thou shalt not forsake her, and she will watch thee: love her, and she will guard thee. ⁷ Wisdom the beginning; obtain wisdom, and with all thine acquisition, obtain understanding. ⁸ Lift her up and she shall exalt thee: she will honor thee when thou. shalt embrace her. ⁹ She will give to thy head a garland of grace: a crown of glory she will deliver thee. ¹⁰ Hear, my son, and receive my words, and the years of life shall be multiplied to thee. ¹¹ In the way of wisdom I taught thee; I caused thee to tread in the tracks of uprightness ¹² In thy going, thy steps shall not be pressed; and if thou shalt run thou shalt not be weak.