Proverbs 4:1-4

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Hear, O sons, the ^(A)instruction of a father,
And ^(B)give attention that you may ^(a)gain understanding,

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For I give you ^(b)sound ^(C)teaching;
^(D)Do not abandon my ^(c)instruction.

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When I was a son to my father,
^(E)Tender and ^(F)the only son in the sight of my mother,

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Then he ^(G)taught me and said to me,
“Let your heart ^(H)hold fast my words;
^(I)Keep my commandments and live;

a. Proverbs 4:1: ['Lit ', know]

b. Proverbs 4:2: ['Lit ', good]

c. Proverbs 4:2: ['Or ', law]

A. Proverbs 4:1: Psalm 34:11; Proverbs 1:8

B. Proverbs 4:1: Proverbs 1:2; Proverbs 2:2

C. Proverbs 4:2: Deuteronomy 32:2; Job 11:4

D. Proverbs 4:2: Psalm 89:30; Psalm 119:87; Proverbs 3:1

E. Proverbs 4:3: 1 Chronicles 22:5; 1 Chronicles 29:1

F. Proverbs 4:3: Zechariah 12:10

G. Proverbs 4:4: Ephesians 6:4

H. Proverbs 4:4: Psalm 119:168

I. Proverbs 4:4: Proverbs 7:2