A Father’s Instruction
Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; Heb 2:1Psa 34:11Pro 1:8Pro 2:1-51Th 2:11-12Pro 5:1Pro 19:20Pro 22:17
pay attention and gain understanding.
For I give you sound teaching; 1Ti 4:6Tit 1:9Deu 32:2Job 33:3Pro 8:6-9Psa 89:30-321Ch 28:92Ch 7:19
do not abandon my directive.
When I was a son to my father, 1Ch 22:51Ch 29:1Rom 12:161Ch 3:51Ki 1:13-172Sa 12:24-25Jer 10:23Zec 12:10
tender and the only child of my mother,
he taught me and said, Pro 3:1Eph 6:4Jhn 12:501Ch 28:9Pro 7:22Ti 3:15Deu 6:6Isa 55:3
“Let your heart lay hold of my words;
keep my commands and you will live.
Get wisdom, get understanding; Jas 1:5Pro 3:13-182Ch 34:2Pro 1:22-23Psa 44:18Job 23:11Pro 17:16Pro 8:5
do not forget my words or turn from them.
Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; 2Th 2:10Pro 4:21-22Eph 3:17Pro 2:10-12
love her, and she will guard you.
Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. Ecc 7:12Ecc 9:16-18Pro 23:23Pro 16:16Php 3:8Mrk 8:36-37Mat 13:44-46Psa 119:104
And whatever you may acquire, 1 gain understanding.
Prize her, and she will exalt you; Dan 12:31Sa 2:30Pro 3:351Ki 3:5-13Pro 22:4
if you embrace her, she will honor you.
She will set a garland of grace on your head; Pro 1:91Pe 5:4Heb 2:7-9Isa 28:5Pro 16:31Rev 3:211Pe 3:41Ti 2:9-10
she will present you with a crown of beauty.”
Listen, my son, and receive my words, 1Th 2:13Pro 3:2Deu 6:2Jer 9:20Pro 3:161Ti 1:15Jhn 3:32-33Pro 8:10
and the years of your life will be many.
I will guide you in the way of wisdom; Psa 25:4-5Ecc 12:9Pro 8:91Sa 12:23-24Pro 8:6Psa 23:3Deu 4:5Pro 4:4
I will lead you on straight paths.
When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; Pro 3:23Psa 18:361Pe 2:82Sa 22:37Jhn 11:9-101Jn 2:10-11Psa 119:165Psa 91:11-12
when you run, you will not stumble.
Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Heb 2:1Pro 23:23Pro 3:181Th 5:21Deu 32:47Act 11:23Act 2:42Jhn 6:68
Guard it, for it is your life.
Do not set foot on the path of the wicked Psa 1:11Co 15:33Pro 1:10Pro 1:15Pro 13:20Pro 9:6Pro 2:11-12Psa 26:4-5
or walk in the way of evildoers.
Avoid it; do not travel on it. Eph 5:11Job 22:231Th 5:22Exo 23:7Job 11:14Isa 33:15Pro 5:8Pro 6:5
Turn from it and pass on by.
For they cannot sleep Psa 36:4Mic 2:1Isa 57:202Pe 2:14Pro 1:16Luk 22:66Jhn 18:28
unless they do evil;
they are deprived of slumber
until they make someone fall.
For they eat the bread of wickedness Jas 5:4-5Mic 6:12Pro 20:17Pro 9:17Psa 14:4Amo 8:4-6Ezk 22:25-29Jer 5:26-28
and drink the wine of violence.
The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, Jhn 8:12Job 11:17Dan 12:3Php 2:152Co 3:182Pe 1:19Mat 5:14Psa 84:7
shining brighter and brighter until midday.
But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; Jhn 12:35Isa 59:9-10Jer 23:12Job 18:5-61Sa 2:9Jer 13:16Jhn 11:10Job 12:25
they do not know what makes them stumble.
My son, pay attention to my words; Pro 5:1Isa 55:3Pro 6:20-21Pro 7:1Psa 78:1Psa 90:12Mat 17:5
incline your ear to my sayings.
Do not lose sight of them; Pro 3:21Pro 3:3Pro 7:1-2Psa 40:8Pro 2:1
keep them within your heart.
For they are life to those who find them, Pro 12:18Jer 33:6Pro 4:10Pro 3:8Pro 4:4
and health to the whole body.
Guard your heart with all diligence, Luk 6:45Mat 12:34-35Mrk 7:21-23Psa 139:23-24Pro 13:3Jer 17:9Mat 15:19Pro 23:19
for from it flow springs of life.
Put away deception from your mouth; Jas 1:26Pro 8:8Pro 8:13Eph 4:25-31Pro 6:121Pe 2:1Jas 1:21Col 3:8
keep your lips from perverse speech.
Let your eyes look forward; Psa 119:37Mat 6:22Job 31:1Pro 23:33Pro 23:5
fix your gaze straight ahead.
Make a level path for your feet, 2 Heb 12:13Psa 37:23Psa 119:52Th 3:3Hag 1:5Hag 1:7Pro 5:21Psa 119:59
and all your ways will be sure.
Do not swerve to the right or to the left; Deu 5:32Jos 1:7Deu 28:14Pro 16:17Deu 12:32Isa 1:16Rom 12:9
turn your feet away from evil.