Proverbs 4:3
For, a son, became I to my father, tender and most precious in the sight of my mother.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
In Context
2For, good teaching, have I given you, mine instruction, do not ye forsake.
4So he taught me, and said to me—Let thy heart, lay hold of my words, Keep my commandments and live!
Cross References
1 Kings 1:13Go, and get thee in unto King David, and thou shalt say unto him—Didst not, thou thyself, my lord O king, swear unto thy handmaid, saying—Solomon thy son, shall become king after me, yea, he, shall sit upon my throne? Why, then, hath, Adonijah, become king?
1 Chronicles 22:5And David said, Solomon my son, is young and tender, and, the house to be built, must be great and lofty and famous and beautiful, for all lands,—oh let me then prepare for it. So David prepared abundantly, before his death.
Jeremiah 10:23I know O Yahweh, That not to a son of earth, pertaineth his own path,—Not, to the man who walketh, also to direct his own steps.
Romans 12:16The same thing, one to another regarding,—not the lofty things regarding, but, by the lowly, being led along. Be not getting presumptuous in your own opinion:
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 →