Proverbs 4:10 - Easy To Read Version Son, listen to me. Do the things I say, and you will live long. 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. |
The things I teach you will give you a longer, happier, and more peaceful life.
Accept my discipline.\par It is worth more than silver.\par It is worth more than the best gold.\par
Now, women of Judah,\par listen to the message from the Lord.\par Listen to the words from the Lord’s mouth.\par \{The Lord says,\}\par “Teach your daughters how to cry loud.\par Each woman must learn to sing\par this funeral song:\par
Then both you and your children will live a long time in the land that the Lord promised to give to your ancestors. [69] You will live there as long as the skies are above the earth.
“You must honor (respect) your father and your mother. The Lord your God has commanded you to do this. If you follow this command, then you will live a long time, and everything will go well for you in the land that the Lord your God gives you.
You and your descendants [34] must respect the Lord your God as long as you live. You must obey all his laws and commands that I give you. If you do this, then you will have a long life in that new land.
Also, we always thank God because of the way you accepted God’s message (teaching). You heard that message from us, and you accepted it like it was God’s words, not the words of men. And it really is God’s message (teaching). And that message works in you people who believe.
What I say is true, and you should fully accept it: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. And I am the worst of those sinners.