“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.”
“My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you, making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding;”
Psalms 34:9 Oh, fear the LORD, you his saints, for those who fear him have no lack! The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing. Come, O children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD. What man is there who desires life and loves many days, that he may see good? Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit. Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
Proverbs 4:1 Hear, O sons, a father’s instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight,
Proverbs 7:24 And now, O sons, listen to me, and be attentive to the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 8:17 I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me.
Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Ecclesiastes 11:9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment. Remove vexation from your heart, and put away pain from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.
Ecclesiastes 12:1 Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;
Isaiah 28:9 “To whom will he teach knowledge, and to whom will he explain the message?
Matthew 18:2 And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
“Listen to my words”, “humble yourself”, “be attentive”, “remember your creator”, “seek diligently”, and “fear (reverence and respect) God” are all spoken with the intent of the hearer taking action – making a choice to do it or not. We make choice each day on how we will act, what we will say, how we will react, what we expose our eyes to, and what we listen to. Staying close to God, seeking Him, humbly serving Him, listening to Him, and obeying Him will certainly guide the previous choices and how we face each day. One path seeks only what is right in our own eyes and the other seeks what is right in God’s eyes.