Proverbs 4:1-9
1Listen, children, to a father's instruction,
and be attentive, that you may now insight;
2for I give you good precepts:
do not forsake my teaching.
3When I was a son with my father,
tender, and my mother's favorite,
4he taught me, and said to me,
"Let your heart hold fast my words;
keep my commandments, and live.
5Get wisdom; get insight: do not forget, nor turn away
from the words of my mouth.
6Do not forsake her, and she will keep you;
love her, and she will guard you.
7The beginning of wisdom is this:
Get wisdom, and whatever else you get, get insight.
8Prize her highly, and she will exalt you;
she will honor you if you embrace her.
9She will place on your head a fair garland;
she will bestow on you a beautiful crown."
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