Proverbs 4:1-5

Listen, children, to a father's instruction; pay attention, in order to gain insight;

for I am giving you good advice; so don't abandon my teaching.

For I too was once a child to my father; and my mother, too, thought of me as her special darling.

He too taught me; he said to me, "Let your heart treasure my words; keep my commands, and live;

gain wisdom, gain insight; don't forget or turn from the words I am saying.