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Proverbs 4:3
For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.
Proverbs 4:3 · Darby Bible
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Proverbs 4:3 in other translations
For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother,
For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.
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In context
1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know intelligence;
2 for I give you good doctrine: forsake ye not my law.
3 For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.
4 And he taught me, and said unto me, Let thy heart retain my words; keep my commandments and live.
5 Get wisdom, get intelligence: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
6 Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee; love her, and she shall preserve thee.
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