Proverbs 4:3-5

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

³ For I also was my father's son, tender and as an only son in the sight of my mother:

⁴ And he taught me, and said: Let thy heart receive my words, keep my commandments, and thou shalt live.

⁵ Get wisdom, get prudence: forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth.