Proverbs 4:2-4

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² ·What I am telling you is good [^LI will give you good teaching],
    so do not ·forget [^Labandon; forsake] ·what I teach you [^Lmy instruction].
³ When I was a ·young boy in my father’s house [^Lson to my father]
    ·and like an only child to [^Ltender, and the only one of] my mother,
⁴ my father taught me and said,
    “Hold on to my words with all your heart.
    ·Keep [Guard] my commands and you will live.