Catholic Public Domain Version
"For I, too, was the son of my father, tender and an only son in the sight of my mother. "
— Proverbs 4:3, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.”
“For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. ”
“For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.”
“When I was a son to my father, a tender only child before my mother,”
“For I also was my father's son, tender, and as an only son in the sight of my mother:”
“For I was a son to my father, a gentle and an only one to my mother.”
“For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.”
Listen, sons, to the discipline of a father, and pay attention, so that you may know prudence.
I will bestow upon you a good gift. Do not relinquish my law.
For I, too, was the son of my father, tender and an only son in the sight of my mother.
And he taught me, and he also said: “Let your heart accept my words. Keep my precepts, and you shall live.
Obtain wisdom, obtain prudence. May you neither forget, nor turn away from, the words of my mouth.
Do not send her away, and she will guard you. Love her, and she will preserve you.