Listen, 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 know understanding;
for I give you sound learning. 1Ti 4:6Tit 1:9Deu 32:2Job 33:3Pro 8:6-9Psa 89:30-321Ch 28:92Ch 7:19
Don’t forsake my law.
For 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 an only child in the sight of my mother.
He taught me, and said to me: Pro 3:1Eph 6:4Jhn 12:501Ch 28:9Pro 7:22Ti 3:15Deu 6:6Isa 55:3
“Let your heart retain my words.
Keep my commandments, and live.
Get wisdom. Jas 1:5Pro 3:13-182Ch 34:2Pro 1:22-23Psa 44:18Job 23:11Pro 17:16Pro 8:5
Get understanding.
Don’t forget, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth.
Don’t forsake her, and she will preserve you. 2Th 2:10Pro 4:21-22Eph 3:17Pro 2:10-12
Love her, and she will keep you.
Wisdom is supreme. Ecc 7:12Ecc 9:16-18Pro 23:23Pro 16:16Php 3:8Mrk 8:36-37Mat 13:44-46Psa 119:104
Get wisdom.
Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.
Esteem her, and she will exalt you. Dan 12:31Sa 2:30Pro 3:351Ki 3:5-13Pro 22:4
She will bring you to honor when you embrace her.
She will give to your head a garland of grace. Pro 1:91Pe 5:4Heb 2:7-9Isa 28:5Pro 16:31Rev 3:211Pe 3:41Ti 2:9-10
She will deliver a crown of splendor to you.”
Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. 1Th 2:13Pro 3:2Deu 6:2Jer 9:20Pro 3:161Ti 1:15Jhn 3:32-33Pro 8:10
The years of your life will be many.
I have taught 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 have led you in straight paths.
When you go, your steps will not be hampered. 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.
Take firm hold of instruction. Heb 2:1Pro 23:23Pro 3:181Th 5:21Deu 32:47Act 11:23Act 2:42Jhn 6:68
Don’t let her go.
Keep her, for she is your life.
Don’t enter into the path of the wicked. Psa 1:11Co 15:33Pro 1:10Pro 1:15Pro 13:20Pro 9:6Pro 2:11-12Psa 26:4-5
Don’t walk in the way of evil men.
Avoid it, and don’t pass by it. Eph 5:11Job 22:231Th 5:22Exo 23:7Job 11:14Isa 33:15Pro 5:8Pro 6:5
Turn from it, and pass on.
For they don’t sleep unless they do evil. Psa 36:4Mic 2:1Isa 57:202Pe 2:14Pro 1:16Luk 22:66Jhn 18:28
Their sleep is taken away, unless 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.
But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light Jhn 8:12Job 11:17Dan 12:3Php 2:152Co 3:182Pe 1:19Mat 5:14Psa 84:7
that shines more and more until the perfect day.
The way of the wicked is like darkness. Jhn 12:35Isa 59:9-10Jer 23:12Job 18:5-61Sa 2:9Jer 13:16Jhn 11:10Job 12:25
They don’t know what they stumble over.
My son, attend to my words. Pro 5:1Isa 55:3Pro 6:20-21Pro 7:1Psa 78:1Psa 90:12Mat 17:5
Turn your ear to my sayings.
Let them not depart from your eyes. Pro 3:21Pro 3:3Pro 7:1-2Psa 40:8Pro 2:1
Keep them in the center of 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 their whole body.
Keep 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 out of it is the wellspring of life.
Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Jas 1:26Pro 8:8Pro 8:13Eph 4:25-31Pro 6:121Pe 2:1Jas 1:21Col 3:8
Put corrupt lips far from you.
Let your eyes look straight ahead. Psa 119:37Mat 6:22Job 31:1Pro 23:33Pro 23:5
Fix your gaze directly before you.
Make the path of your feet level. Heb 12:13Psa 37:23Psa 119:52Th 3:3Hag 1:5Hag 1:7Pro 5:21Psa 119:59
Let all of your ways be established.
Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Deu 5:32Jos 1:7Deu 28:14Pro 16:17Deu 12:32Isa 1:16Rom 12:9
Remove your foot from evil.