Provérbios 4

A Father’s Instruction

1 Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction;

pay attention and gain understanding.

2 For I give you sound teaching;

do not abandon my directive.

3 When I was a son to my father,

tender and the only child of my mother,

4 he taught me and said,

"Let your heart lay hold of my words;

keep my commands and you will live.

5 Get wisdom, get understanding;

do not forget my words or turn from them.

6 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you;

love her, and she will guard you.