Proverbs 4:2-4 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

2. I give you good advice. So don't turn away from what I teach you.

3. I was once a young boy in my father's house. I was my mother's only child.

4. My father taught me. He said, "Hold on to my words with all your heart. Keep my commands. Then you will live.

Proverbs 4