A moment in scripture
Proverbs 4:3
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For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 4:1
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
- Proverbs 4:2
For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
- Proverbs 4:4
He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
- Proverbs 4:5
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.