Proverbs 4:2

The Father's Wisdom

¹ Hear, O sons, the instruction of a father,
And give attention that you may gain understanding,
² For I give you sound teaching;
Do not abandon my instruction.
³ When I was a son to my father,
Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother,

Do Not Forsake

Sound Teaching

Forsake Not

Not Give Up

Sound Teaching

Deuteronomy 32:2

“Let my teaching drop as the rain,
My speech distill as the dew,
As the droplets on the fresh grass
And as the showers on the herb.

Job 33:3

“My words are from the uprightness of my heart,
And my lips speak knowledge sincerely.

1 Chronicles 28:9

“As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

2 Chronicles 7:19

“But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,

Job 11:4

“For you have said, ‘My teaching is pure,
And I am innocent in your eyes.’

Psalm 49:1-3

For the choir director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
Hear this, all peoples;
Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,

Psalm 89:30-32

“If his sons forsake My law
And do not walk in My judgments,

Proverbs 8:6-9

“Listen, for I will speak noble things;
And the opening of my lips will reveal right things.

Proverbs 22:20-21

Have I not written to you excellent things
Of counsels and knowledge,

John 7:16-17

So Jesus answered them and said, “My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me.

1 Timothy 4:6

In pointing out these things to the brethren, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, constantly nourished on the words of the faith and of the sound doctrine which you have been following.

Titus 1:9

holding fast the faithful word which is in accordance with the teaching, so that he will be able both to exhort in sound doctrine and to refute those who contradict.