Receive instruction from his mouth, and place his sayings in your heart.
Proverbs 4:10 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Listen, my son. Accept my words, and you will live many years. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of thy life shall be many. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings, and the years of your life shall be many. American Standard Version (1901) Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of thy life shall be many. Common English Bible Listen, my son, and take in my speech, then the years of your life will be many. Catholic Public Domain Version Listen, my son, and accept my words, so that years of life may be multiplied for you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Hear, O my son, and receive my words, that years of life may be multiplied to thee. |
Receive instruction from his mouth, and place his sayings in your heart.
Listen to counsel and receive instruction so that you may be wise later in life. ,
Accept my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.
Now hear the word of the Lord, you women. Pay attention to the words from his mouth. Teach your daughters a lament and one another a dirge,
so that as long as the heavens are above the earth, your days and those of your children may be many in the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors.
Honour your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and so that you may prosper in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
Do this so that you may fear the Lord your God all the days of your life by keeping all his statutes and commands I am giving you, your son, and your grandson, and so that you may have a long life.
This is why we constantly thank God, because when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you welcomed it not as a human message, but as it truly is, the word of God, which also works effectively in you who believe.
This saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance: ‘Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners’ #– #and I am the worst of them.