Proverbs 4:10-15, 20-27

In the text before us, the speaker is a father and the audience is his son. The words of the father are utterances which have been preserved as scripture by God to be used by us for His purposes.

“Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings . . .” (v. 10). Not all sayings are of equal merit. The merit of the father’s sayings is established by their inclusion in God’s…