Proverbs
Chapters 4:1-4
Amplified Bible
1HEAR, MY sons, the instruction of a father, and pay attention in order to gain and to know intelligent discernment, comprehension, and interpretation [of spiritual matters].
2For I give you good doctrine [what is to be received]; do not forsake my teaching.
3When I [Solomon] was a son with my father [David], tender and the only son in the sight of my mother [Bathsheba],
4He taught me and said to me, Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments and live. [I Chron. 28:9; Eph. 6:4.]