For I was my father’s son, tender and dear in the sight of my mother,

When he [a]taught me, and said unto me, Let thine heart hold fast my words: keep my commandments, and thou shalt live.

Get wisdom: get understanding: forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 4:4 Meaning, David his father.

For I too was a son to my father,
    still tender, and cherished by my mother.
Then he taught me, and he said to me,
    “Take hold(A) of my words with all your heart;
    keep my commands, and you will live.(B)
Get wisdom,(C) get understanding;
    do not forget my words or turn away from them.

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