Text -- Proverbs 4:1 (NET)

Admonition to Follow Righteousness and Avoid Wickedness

4:1 Listen, children, to a father’s instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Pro 4:1

¹ sn The chapter includes an exhortation to acquire wisdom (1-4a), a list of the benefits of wisdom (4b-9), a call to pursue a righteous lifestyle (10-13), a warning against a wicked lifestyle (14-19), and an exhortation to righteousness (20-27).

² tn Heb “sons.”

³ tn Heb “discipline.”

⁴ tn The Qal infinitive construct with preposition ל (lamed) indicates the purpose/result of the preceding imperative.

⁵ tn Heb “know” (so KJV, ASV).