Proverbs 4:3

For I was a son to my father, 2 tender and an only child in the sight of my mother. 1

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For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

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2for I give you sound learning. 2 Don’t forsake my Torah ·Teaching·. 1

4He taught me, and said to me: 2 “Let your heart retain my words. 2 Keep my mitzvot ·instructions·, and live. 1

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Matthew Henry on Proverbs 4:2-14

Parental Instructions. 1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. 2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. 3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. 4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. 5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. 6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep… Read the whole commentary →

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