Catholic Public Domain Version

Proverbs 4:2-6 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

2. I will bestow upon you a good gift. Do not relinquish my law.

3. For I, too, was the son of my father, tender and an only son in the sight of my mother.

4. And he taught me, and he also said: "Let your heart accept my words. Keep my precepts, and you shall live.

5. Obtain wisdom, obtain prudence. May you neither forget, nor turn away from, the words of my mouth.

6. Do not send her away, and she will guard you. Love her, and she will preserve you.