Proverbs 4:2-4

New American Standard Bible 1995

² For I give you ^[a]sound ^(A)teaching;
^(B)Do not abandon my ^[b]instruction.
³ When I was a son to my father,
^(C)Tender and ^(D)the only son in the sight of my mother,
⁴ Then he ^(E)taught me and said to me,
“Let your heart ^(F)hold fast my words;
^(G)Keep my commandments and live;