Proverbs 4:1-12 Heare, O ye children, the fatherly exhortation, and take good hede, that ye maye learne wysdome.

Matthew⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Heare, O ye children, the fatherly exhortation, and take good hede, that ye maye learne wysdome. ² Yea I shall geue you a good rewarde, if ye wyll not for sake my lawe. ³ For when I my selfe was my fathers deare sonne, and tenderlye beloued of my mother, ⁴ he taughte me also, saiyng: Let thyne herte receaue my wordes, kepe my commaundementes, and thou shalt lyue. ⁵ Get the wysdome, get the vnderstanding forget not the wordes of my mouth, & shrinke not from them. ⁶ Forsake her not, she shall preserue the: loue her, and she shal kepe the. ⁷ The chyefe poynte of wisdom is, that thou be willing to optayne wysdome, and before all thy goodes to gett the vnderstandynge. ⁸ Make muche of her and she shall promote the: Yea if thou embrace her, she shall brynge the vnto honoure. ⁹ She shall make the a gracyous head, and garnyshe the wyth a crowne of glorye. ¹⁰ Heare my sone, and receyue my wordes, that the yeares of thy lyfe maye be many. ¹¹ I wyll shewe the, the waye of wysdome, and leade the in the ryght pathes, ¹² So that if thou goost therin, ther shall not straytenesse hynder the and when thou runnest thou shalte not fall,