Proverbs 4:1-12

LXX2012(i) 1 Hear, you⌃ children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. 2 For I give you a good gift; forsake you⌃ 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. 8 Secure it, and it shall exalt you: honor it, that it may embrace you; 9 that it may give to your head a crown of graces, 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 straitened; and when you run, you shall not be distressed.